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BOOK 520.W656D c. 1

WILKINS » DISCOVERY OF WORLD IN

MOONE

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DISCOVERY

OF A

IV V %j?i\LD

IN THE

MOONE.

«.ijiiii.imjM»).n»»

ADISCOVRSE

Tending

TO PROVE,

that 'tis probable there

raay be another habitable

WorM in that Planet.

II >t I A it ^jii ■» »i 111 ill

^id tibi inquif ifta prodernnt ^
Si nihil dind , hoc certCo jciam
omnia angujia e£e* S E N E C A.
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Mart. 29. 1638.

THO.WEEKESH.r.
^pifc. Loud. Cap.

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[S^lj>yfipi»;niii|iiiipi

To the Reader.

f^SiF amoHg^ thy leifurt
hoHur thoH cay J}

hJjB ffihif dtjcourfc^
and dfjfl hoke ioji?ide
fomervhat h it which may f^tv? f^-f
thy information and bene ft • at '/;<f
thm sdvffc ihcc t^ come tm^o it
with an equallm^nde^ not jwiyedhy
prejudice^ but indiffennt/y r^^olvcd
te a^ent untp that it nth whhh
upon delibcrati&M Jh^U feeme m-jj^
probable nnto thy reajon^ and then
I doubt fjoty hfit either iboH vpih
^gree tpith mec in this ajfenion^ or
at lejfi not thinkf it to be asja^re
from truthy as it u from common
opinion,

Ttpo cautions there artpphkhl
would willingly admomff thee efvi
the beginning,

u4 ^ u That

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I

ThcEpiftlc

' ' '■"'■' III ■ ^_

I, That thfH(hofiUJl not h^n lo^t
to find any exsHyAccurate Tr^^
tifcy fince thir dijcourfi tPOi hm
ihefrtiit offome lighter fitiJigf^
ani ihofe too hudkd up in ajhjrt
iime^ b/mgjirJithiHghi ofand
fi^ [bed in thejpact of fnmt few
tvte^e/^ and therefor g joh cannot
in reafort expeH^ that ttjhouUbe
[o fodfhed^at perhaps^ thefubjed
v^cM y require, or the leifure of the
Author might havi dene it. j
2. To remembr that Ifromife omlj\
•probable arguments fr the froofi i
ofihiioprnhxt^ and therefore yeu\
fr;Hft notlooke that tvefyۤr}fe\
ejnerce (bduld hi of an undeniable
d^fv)dmci^ or that thetrtnhgf
each arguwetit fhouldbemeafH^
y^dby itsn6ce(fitj. I grant that
jfime y^flrtmomcall appearances
m^y pjftbly be felved otherwtfe
then here ihey^e.Btit the thing!
aimc at ii thjf^ that probably they
mayfo befylved^of I have here fa
fhfmd(J7977e: Wtkb^pfit^^grdn-^
ted (04 I thiuk^e it mufi) thm I

dotibt

< 1 1 f. III! Ill tm^fimnmnen

CO the Reader-

dauht mt^ but th indtff^tnt ua^
der jviUfifsd fome fatufa^^on in
ihc w^m ^h'mg that if t^ bt
ffoved^ '

MaKjhnCHnt V^hilof^phers ^
the better mte^ havefprmerty de-
fendtithi^ ajfmion^ Vfhich Ihavt
here Uid dowra^ ^?id $t w^re t^ be
w(bedj that fame of us utould more
afplji our endeavourt ufitv the ex4»
tnination •fthefe old epimmf, which
though thtyhAVefor 4 long time lien
/iegleOid by pthers^ytt in them may
youfinde m^ny tTHths rp^llrpurihy
your Raines and ^bfewafl^tt. Tis
a fa/jfe coKcett^ for tu to thinj^^y
thdt amongji tht ancient variety and
fearch of opinions^ the hefl hMh jliH
prevailed, Timi' (faith tbt learned
Vt^^y>hxis^feemts to he of the nature
of 4 river ofjlre^me^which carrteth
dovpHe to Hi that r^htch ii light^or
hlorvh'e up^ butJiK^I(eih thdt which
is Vftiiltysndjolid.

It u my dejire thai hy the occajt^
en #/ this dfcourfe, I r?2ay raife up
feme more active ^irit to a parch

after

':/'

The Epiftic, See.

afier other hidden and Unknownt
irttthesi Sinct it mttfl netdei be a
great impediment unto the gromh
offciences, formenjltU fitoflodon
ufon beaten principles, as to be afiaid
of entertaining amy thing thatma}
feeme to contradtQ them. Anm.
wiBmgnelfetotakefMch things into
examination ^is one cfthofe erroursof
learning in thefe times obferved b)
thejudicient Vcru 1 atr. ^mfiion.
lejfi tbert are many fecret trmkj
whtcb the ancients'havepjjfedover,
that are jet left to make fome ofcul
age famous for their difcovcry.

Ifly this eccafton 1 may provoke
any readtr to an attempt of this nj.
ttire, I (hall then thinke my felfe
bsppy^and this workef„ccejJcfull.

Farctt'ell.

TheFirft PropoGcion, by

way of Preface.

That the (fraffgemjfe of this opu
nhn U no [u^ctmt reafon n>hy
it Jbould he reje&edi becaufc
ether ctrtaitit truths have he»e
formerly e/fcemcd ridiculous ^and
great abfurdities enicrtaynedby
common confent.

Here is an earnefl-
nefle and hunge-
ring after novelty 5
which doth ftiJl
adhere unto all our
natures, and it is part of that
primatjveimagej that wide ex-
tent and infinite capacity at firll
created in the heart of nian^
for this fince its depravation in

B Ad^m

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II I I mwmfm^^

J

Adam perceiving it fclfe altoge-
ther emptied of any good doth
now catch after every new thing
conceiving that poflibly it may
finde Huisfaftion among fome
of its fellow creatures. But our
enemy the divell (who (trivcs
ftill to pervert our gifts ^ and
bcate us with our owne wea-
pons ) hath fo contriv'd it^ that
any truth doth now feeme dif-
J taftefiill for that very reafon^ for
which crrour is entertainM-
Novelty , for let but fome up-
ftart herefie be fct abroach^ and
prefently there are fome out of
a curious humour ; others^ as if
they watched an occafion of fin-
gularicy, will take it up for ca-
nonicall ^ and make it part of
their creede and profcflion;-
ivhcreas folitary truth cannot
nny where finde fo ready enter-
tainemcnt; but the fame Novelty
which is cfteemed the commen-
dation of errour and makes that
acceptable, is counted the fault

of

:%

.

oja new World.

5

oftruth 5 and caiifts that to bee
rejefted. How did the incredu-
Iciis World gaze at Colnmbuf
when hee promifed to discover
another part of the earthy and he
could not for a longtime by his
confidence^or argunients.^induce
any of theChriltian Princes^ei-
ther to aflcnt unto his opinion^
or goe to the charges of an ex-
periment. Now if he who had
fiich good grounds for his afler-
tion^ could finde no better en-
tertainement among the wiler
fort ^ and upper end of the
World ^ 'tis not likely then that
this opinion which I now dcli-
ver^ (hall receive any thing from
the men of thefe daics./f| ecially
our vulgar wits ^ but misbelicfe
or derilion. It hath alw lies
becne the unhappineflc of new
truths in Philofophy^ to be de-
rided by thofe that are igno-
rant of the caules of things, and
reiefted by others whofe pcr-
vcrfcnefle ties them to the con-
B_2 trary

\.

W.J. f, 1 7.

Tbe difcoipery

^i>7't,x.

trary opinion, men whofcenvi-
ous pride will not alloiv any
new thing for truth which they
themfelvcs were not the firft in-
ventors of. So that I may juftly
cxpeft to be accufed of a prag-
maticall ignorance, and bold
oftentation, efpcrially iincefor
this opinion Xmfhmes , a man
whofe authority was able to
adde fome credit to his afTcrti-
on could not cfcape the like cen-
fiirc from others. For N^tah
Cemet fpcaking of that Philo-
fopher, and this his opinion,
laith thus, Nonnulli ne nihil fitffe
videantur ^ aliqtfa mva moKJlra in

Ptii^^ffhiaintroducufit^utalicuJHs
re: invrntores fuijfe afparcant. Some
^^ there arc who lealt they might
^ fccme to know nothing, ^vilI
^^brmg up monfh-ous abltirdi-

^jKSmPhilofophy, thatfoaf-

^teru'ard they may bee famed

Jor the invention of fomewhat.

1 ne lame author doth alfo in a-

nother place accufl- j^naxagorai

of

il

of a new World.

of folly for the fame opinion^
Ejl etiim mn ignobilis gradus finU
titUy vel fi nefctoi qf*id die as ,
tamen velk ds rebHs propo/itis
ha^c vel illam partem fiabiltrc.
*' 'Tis none of the worlt kindes
of folly 5 boldly to affirme one
lide or other^when a man knows
notvchattofay.

If thcfe men were thus cen-
fur'd 5 I may iuftly then expeft
to be derided by moft^ and to be
believed by few or none^efpeci-
ally fince this opinion feemes
to carry in it (bmuch ftrangc-
nefle^ lb much contradiftion
to the gcnerall consent of o-
thers. But how ever^I am relbl-
ved that this fhall not be any
difcouragementj fincc I know
that it is not the common opi-
nion of others that can either
addeor detraft from the truth.
For^

1. Other truths have beenc for-
merly elteemed altogether as
ridiculous as this can be,

B 3 2 Grofle

Tbe difcoyery

2 Grofle abfiirdities have
bcene entertained by ge-
nerall opinion.

I fhall give an inftance of cach^
that (6 1 may the better prepare
the Reader to confidcr things
without a prejudice^ whenhee
(hall fee that the common op-
petition againft this which I
affirme cannot any way dero-
gate from its truth.

I. Other truths have beene
formerly accounted as ridicu-
lous as thiSj I (hall fpecifie that
ofthe Antipodes 5 which have
bccne denied and laught at by
many wife men and great Schol-
Icrs^ Ciich as VJtreHerodoiuf fSt.

Bcde^Lncretiui the Poct^ Procofi^
«/, and the voluminous ^/;»/tf«-
ps with others. Hcrodntzpf coun-
ted it fo horrible an abfurdity^
that hce could not forbeare
laughing to thinkeof it. U\o,Ji

^ I cannot chooft but laughj
^'* (faith hey to fee lb many men
^* venture to defcribe the earths
^ compafle^relating thofc things
"that are without all ienfe^ as
^*^that the Seaflowes about the
^^ World 5 and that the earth it
^^ felfe is round as an Orbe. But
this great ignorance is not fo
much to be admired in him 5 as
in thole learneder men of later
timeSj when all fcicnces began
toflourifhin the World. Such
was Saint yiujltn who cenfures
that relation of the Antipodes
to be an incredible fable ^ and
with him agrees the eloquent
LaBantius , quid illi ijtii ejfe con"
trdrios vtfttgiu ncjlris Antipodes
futant? num aliquld loquuntttr ?
ant cji qutjpjam tam inc^ttu, qui
cndat ejfc homims^ qHornm v^fii^
gist fnnt fupertora ^ttain cspita?
ant ibi qu^ apnd nos jjtcent inver^

.. B4 ft

De tivlt.

cap* ?•

InjiitaULh

8 I The difcoyery

J4 fender e ? fruges & Arhures deor-^
fum verff4s crefcere , ffuvias (^ nU

ves y & gtandimm Jkrjum verfus
cadere in urram ? (^ miratur
altquU honor fenfiUs inter feptem
miranarrarr^qUTimFhilofoph$j &
^gYds & Maria, ^ urUs eJ* momes
f e*^ files jaciunO.cfrc. What(raith
'^^ he) are they that thinke there
^^ are Antipodes, fuchasvvalke
"with their feet agaiait oiirs>
^Moe they fpeakc any^^liktly-
*^* hood ? or is there any one io
^^ fooIi(h as to believe that there

are men whole hceles arc high-
^^er than their heads > that
"^'things which with us doe lie
^ on the ground doe hang there?
^Jthat the Plants and Trees
"^'grow downcwards, that the
'^ haile^and raine, and fnow hW
'^ upwards to the earth ? and
^^doc wee admire the hanging

Orchards amongft the levcn
Svonders^ whereas here the
^^ Philoibphers have made the
'^ Field and Seas, the Cities and

Mouii-

1

of a new World.

^ Moiint?.ines han^,ing. What
" (hall wee thinke ( faith hec in
^lutAtck^ that men doeclyng
to that place like wormes ^ or
hang by their clawes as Cats, or
if wee fuppole a man a little
beyond the Center ^ to bee dig-
ging with a fpade ? is it like-
ly (as it nni{t bee according to
this opinion ) that the earth
which hth loofoied ^ fhoiild of
it felfe alcend upwards ? or elfe
liippole two men with their
middles about the center, the
feete of the one being placed
wheic the head of the other is^
and fo two other men' crofle
thcnij yet all thefc men thus iV
tuated according to thisop'ni-
on fliould Itand upright, and
many other fuch grofle con(e-
quences would follow ( faith
hee ) which a talie imagination
is not able to fancy as poffible.
Upon which confidcrations, j^g^atl
Bcdc alic) denies the being of any ! tetrpfumy
Antipodes , N^a^ enim j^ntipoda- 1 Caf.ji^

rum

one

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CttttWCftLSJI

Pf2L24.2.

Comment* m
I. Ga.cf.

Tfsvt ntiate^tfs eft Fabulu accammo^
dand^s ^jfstifus , Nor fhould wee
"any longer aflent to the Fable
^^ of Antipodes.So alio LucraiHS
the Pcct fpeaking of the fame
fijbjefV^faycs :

Std vanus polidb bde owmUpnxerlt error.

That fbme idle fancy faigned
thefefor fooles to believe. Of
this opinion was Vrocopius Ga-^

z^d&j ^but he was perfwaded to it
by another kinde of reafbn ; for
he thought that all the earth un-
der us was liinkc in the water^
according to the faying of the
P/almift, Hee hath founded the
Earth upon the Seas 5 and there-
fore hee accounted it not inhabi-
ted by any. Nay 7"^/?j/«janian
of later yecres andgenerall ]ear-
I rjngdothalfo confidently deny
that there are any iiichAntipo-
des, though the reafon which hee
urges for it bee not To abliu'de as
theformer/or the Apoftles/aith
hee^travelieJ through the whole

habi-

i ^--.

of a nevp World,

habitable world^ but they never
pafled the Equinoftlall ; and if
yon anfwcr that they are faid to
goe through all the earth, be-
caufe thjcy went through all
the knowne world, hcerepLes,
that this is not (iifticient, fince
Chrift would have all men to be
faved, and come to the know-
ledge of his truth, and therefore
'tis requifite that they (hould
have travelled thither alfo, if
there had been any inhabitants^
cfpecially fince he did cxprcfle-
ly command them to goe and
teach all nations, and preach
the Gofpell through the whole
world, and therefortrhe thinkes
that as there arc no men, fo nei-
ther a r(^ there (eas, or rivers, or
any other convcniency for ha-
bitation : 'tis commonly related
of one ^i^^iliufj that he was ex-
communicated and condemned
for a Hcrctiqne by Ziebary Bi-
fliop of ^ow?, becaufe heewas
not of the iame opinion! But

1 1

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I Tira.1.4*

Mat.iS.i^

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The Difcoy>ery

Baroniuf fliics, it Was becaufe hee
thought there was another ha-
bitable world within ours.How
ever, you may well cnoiigli dif-
cerne in thcfe examples how
confident many of thcfe great
Schollars were in fo groflc an
crrotir, how imlikely, what an
incredible thing it fecmed to i
them, that there fhonid be any '
Antipodes, and yet now this
truth IS as certaine and plaine,as
fenft or demonftration can make i
It. 1 his then which I now deli-!
yer IS not to be rejeftcd, lliough \
It may fceme to contradift the
common opinion.

2. GrofTe abfurditics have
Bccne entertained by general!
confcnt. I micht inftance 'in

jHi^iny ixmarkcable examples,

'btitlwill oncly fpeakcof the
iuppofcd labour ot the Moonc

I in her eclipfc?, becaufe this is
nccrc-a to the chiefc matter in

I hand,. and wus received as a
common opinion aniongft ma-
ny

,^

C-^ 4 W./"^- «/'.T.V,

I <

«hyi«.. k^ %i«W-l W

i

foreP-^^^^ :pe:l^:ru: or •iLu--;
nao' eclipse, rc.U:(hf., :.h:i: it uich;
time? Va'T^s 2 :'u./i-\T.c ^^nuMi^tt;
the T<:-m.jr.i: .the nic^t civil! ^iixi;
learnri re: pit :n ihe v;orU^- :o
louna d:2:.:c Iritrunxnis^ ariti"
hold g:ei: lorciiea toward ihei
heiven. "^*^* :' ^^y^^^ ,'---^5:?^-??-

/.>av-- ' - C '^-f fi/ T/ 71, TV £ j: t; V.a /« . 4 "f

A : i^ fp /a ;.::/ > i/i ;^ > t^^'T -y^t ; 7?-? «£^ ^ : i-. *

torbyihi? mc^ncithcy luppo-
led the McHTincwas much eiicd
in her Libcur5,rjid thcrforc Odd
call? iTich lend Imrriinicnis the
auxiliaries or helpcs of th^'
Moone.

and therefore the Satyrid too
defcribing a loud icokUaies^ (he
was able to make nolle enough
to deliver the labouring Moone. | ig^^^stt.6 \

^/fa UborantipoiO it f:i^r:iy^C7CL'in€

Mc^^^L^

thei

Now the reafon of all this ^

\va^ becaulc ,

ir ceremonie.

I

they feared the world would lall j

ailccjH', 1

rmHni|P(wi|iM

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14

The di[co ipery

afleepe^ when one of its eyes be-
gan to winke^and therefore they
would doc what they could by
loud ibunds to roufe it from its
drowlinefle, and keepe it awake
by bright torches^to bcftow that
light upon it which \t began to
loie. Some of them thought
hereby to keepe the Moone in
her orbe^ whereas otherwife flic
would have fallen downe upon
the earthy and the world would
have loft one of its lights^ for the
credulous people believed^ that
Inchanters^ and Witches could
bring the Moone downe^, which
made f^jr^i/ lay 5
Ca4tuA& e coslo fojfunt dcducin lunsim.

And thole Wizards knowing
the times of her eclipfcs^ would
I then threaten t3 fliew their skill,
by pulling her out of herorbe.
So that when the filly multitude
faw that flie began to lookered,
they prcfently feared they fliould
lofe the benefit of her light, and
therefore made a great noife that

flie

(he might not heare the (bund of
thole Charnies , which would
otherwife bring her downe, and
this is rendered for a reafon of
this cuftome by Vlir;y and Prc^
pertfHf:

Cantw & cciiYYu luvam deducere tentant,
Et fauycnt^finon ara refulfafoncnu

Pht^rch gives another reason of
it^and he fayes, 'tis becaiiie they
would haftenthe Mooneoutof
the darke (hade wherein (hee was
involv'djthat fo fhe might bring
away the foules of thofe Saints
that inhabit within her ^ which
cry out by reafon they are then
deprived of their wonted happi-
neflcj and cannot heare the mu-
licke of the Spheares^but are for-
ced to behold the tornicntSjand
wailing of thofe damned foules
which are rcprefented to them as
they are tortured in the region
oftheaire, but whether this or
whatever clfewasthe meaning
of this fuperftition, yet certain-
ly 'twas a very ridiculous cu-
I {tome,

, t rmwa

NafMft.

m

m

Slim

16

E{lfc.

■-^

The dijco ^ery

Itome^ and bewrayed a great ig-
norance of thofe ancient times ^
c(pecially fince it was not onely ;[
received by the vulgar^ iuchas!
were men of Icfle note and Icar-
ning^ but believed al/b^ by the j
more famous and wifcr lbrt)iuchl|
as were thofe great Pocts^ Stt^i$,
chorus and Pindar. And not one-
ly amongrt the more fottifli hea-
thens 5 who might account that
Planet to be one of their Gods^
but the primitive ChriiHansal-
fo were in this kindc guilty;
which made S. Ambrofe fj tartly
to rebuke thofe of his timc^
when he laid^ lum turbjttircar-
f^irnhfu Globus Lun^^qnanda cs^
licihus turbjmHr & ojuli. When
^^your heads are troubled with
^^cups^ then you thinke the

Moonc to be troubled with
^^charmes.

And for this reafon alfo did
C:^axim»f a Bifhop, write a
Homily againa it, wherein hce
flicwed the abfurditie of that
foohfli

of a nexo World.

I -

foolifli (iiperftition. I renieiTi-
bcr^ that L^dov$cPU Z^ives relates
a more ridiculous (lory of a pec-
pb that imprifonedan Afletbi"
drinking up the Moonc^ whofc
iniagje appearing in the water
w;.s covered with a cloud, as the
Aflc w^s drinking^ for which
the poore beaft was afterward
brought to thebaiTd to ttCQwt
a fcntence according to his de-
ferts^ where the grave Senate be-
ing (ct to examine the nVattcr,
one of the Counfcll (perhaps
vvifcr than the reft) rifes up^ and
out of his deepe judgement^
thinkes it not tit that their
Tov/nc fhould lofe its Moone^
but that rather the AfTe Ihould
be cut up^ and that taken out or
him;, which fcntence bciiig ap-
proved by the reft of thoiePo-
liticians^ as the fubtiJIeft way
tor the conchition of the niatrc''
Was accordingly performed.
But whether this talc werctiue
orholvvillnot quefti' n^ h.AV

C ever

17

V, -i^ mn^*^

i8

The Difconjery

-

■<..- — w— «

ever there is abfurdity enough in
that former cuftome of the an-
cientSj that may confirme the
truth to be proved, and plainly
declare the infufficiency of com-
mon opinion to adde true worth
or eftimation unto any thing.
So that from that which I have
faid may be gathered thus much.

1. That anew truth may feeme
abfiu'd and impolTiblc not
onely to the vulgar^ but to
thole al(b who are othervvife
wi(e men^and excellent fchol-
lers; and hence it will follow,
that every new thing which
feemes to oppofc common
Principles is not pre(ently to
be rcjcftedj but rather to be
pry'd into with a diligent
enquiry, fince there are ma-
ny tlings which are yet hid
from us, and referv'd for fu-
ture difco very,

2. That it is not the common-
neffe of an opinion that can
priviledge it tor a truth, the

wrone

wrong way is (bmetinie a
well beaten path 5 whereas
the right way (eipecially to
hidden truths) may bceleflc
trodden and more oblcure.
True indeed, the ftrangcnefTe of
this opinion willdetraft much
from its credit^but yet we (hould
know that nothing is in itsfclfe
ftrange^ fince every naturallef-'
feft has an equal! depcndancc
upon its caule^ and with the
like neceifity doth follow from
it, (b that 'tis our ignorance
which makes things appe.n^e/bj
and hence it comes to pa/Te that
many more evident truths ftemc
incredible to fuch who know
not the caufes of things : you
may as foone perlwade (bme
Country pea(ants that the
Moonc is made of ereene Chcefe
(as wee fayj as that 'tis bigger
than his Cart-whe:lc^fince both
feeme equally tocontradift his
light , and hcc lias not rcafon e-
nough to Icadc him farther than
C 2 his

mi*><mmm}t- '"

his fenfes, Nay^ fuppofe (faith
"Plutarch) a Philolbpher (hould
be educated in llich a iecret
place, where hce might not fee
either Sea or River, and after-
wards fhould be brought out
where one might {hew him the
great Ocean tdhng him the
quality of that water, that it is
blackiih, fait, and not potable,
and yet there were many vaft
creatures of all formes living in
it, which make ufe of the water
as Wee doe of the aire, queftion-
leffe he would laugh at all this,
as being monftroushes & fables,
without any colour of truth. Juft
^o will this truth which I now
deliver appeare unto others ^ be-
caufe we never dreamt of anyfiich
matter as a world in the Moone,
bccaufe the Ihtcofthat place
hath as yet been vailed from our
Knowledge, therefore wee can
fcarcely affent to any fuch mat-
ter. Things are very hardly
received which are altogether

ftrano^e

of A neyp World.

ftrange to our thoughts and otn:
fenfcs. The foiile may with lefTe
difficulty be brought to believe
any abiiirdity ^ when as it has
formerly beene acquainted with
fome colon s and probabilities
for it 3 but when a new^ and an
unheard of truth fhall come be-
fore it^ though it have good
grounds and reafons^ yet the uu-
derftanding is afraid of it as a
ftranger^ and dares not admit it
into irsbelirfe without a great
deale of rcluftancy and tryall.
Andbciides things that are not
maniferted to the fenfes^ are not
affented unto without fome la-
bour of mind^ fome travaile and
difcourfeof theundcrftandine.
and many lazic foules had ra-
ther quietly repofe themfelves
in an caiic errour, then take
paines to fearch out the tmth.
The ftran^enefle then of this
opinion which I now deliver
will be a eieat hindcrance to its

bclicfe ^ but this is not to be re-
C 5 fpefted

w^^

2Z

The difcoyery

^

fpeftcd by reafon it cannot bee
heJped.I have aood the longer in
the Pretace , becaufe that prejii-
dice which the mecre title of the
booke may beget cannot eafily be
removed without a great dealeof
preparation, and I could not tell
otherwiie ho\v to rcftifie the
thoughts of the Reader for an
iniparti.ill fiirveyof the follow-
iiit^dircourfe.

ImuftnecdsconfefTe, though
1 had often thought with iny
Iclfe thatit was poffiblc thc,e
.might be a world in the Mooiic,
yet It feemed fi.ch an uncouth
opmion that I never durft dif-

covcrit for tcarc of being coun-
ted fingular and ridiculous, but
^kerward having ,ead Vlmarch,
GM,„s Keplar, vvithfomco-

jt!icrs,andfmdingnianyofm'nc
l.ounc thoughts confiimed by
! <"^iytrong authority , I then

iconcudedthatitv^asnotonelv
; roffibe there might bee , but

probable that there was another I

habi- 1

t.\mt iiitwi i*^#;j^teiMB«geiezaa«aM

mmmmmmusmat^'m*

habitable world in that Planet.
In the profccuting of this affer-
tion^ I fhall firfl endeavour to
deare the way from fuch doubts
as may hinder the fpeed or cafe
of farther progrefle ^ and be-
caufe the fuppoiitions imply'd
in this opinion may Iccnvj to
contradift the principles of rea-
fon or faithj it will be requilitc
that 1 firll: remove this fcrnple^
{hewing the conformity of them
I to both thefe^ and proving thoie
truths that may make way for
the reftj which I (hall labour to
pertorme in the fecond^ third^
fourth^ and fifth Chapters^ and
then proceede to contirmefuch
Propofitions^ which doc more
direftly belong to the mainc
point in hand.

C 4

Prop.

M

T-^l.

T^-- .^^'

■\.

n

TbedifcoiDery

Propofition

2.

7 hat aplHTdity of worlds doth m
coatrjdta any princivle of rea.
Jon or faith,

5 whenhee^awthcboo{(esof
>?^«>/ he commended them for

uchamajcftickeiHJcasmmht
becomeaGod, but withall hee

ccnfiired that manner of writing

tobevcryunrittingforaPhiJo-

opher becaufe there tvas no-

hing proved in them, but mat-
tcrs vverc delivered as if they

Pciivvadcbeliefe. And 'tis ob-
a-vedthatheefctsdowneno-,
ungh.mieJk-butheconfirmcs

« by the ftrongelf reafons that

may be fo„nd,there being fcarce
jn argument of force for any

! n a^"^ "\ ^'^''o%hy which
r'^^ynot bee picked out of

his

iMMittitiiMi

gjj^,H,jm^^BI*'fjf1^»i..«irti»taiw 11 'iMii*'»-nulMiiMBi^

ofane-9i>World.

^5

his writings , and therefore 'tis
liRelyif there were inreafona
necelfity gt* one onely world^
that hoe WQuld have found out
foire fuch neceflary proofc as
might confirmc it : EipcciaJly
lince hee labours for it ibmuch
in two whole Chapters. But
now all the arguments which he
himfelfe urges in this fubjca, ^^ cs^k
arc very weake and farre enough , i i. c 8. ^.
from having in them any con-
vincing power. Therefore 'tis
likely that a pUiratity of worlds
doth not contradift any princi-
ple of reafon. HoweverJ will
fetdowncthe twochiefeof his
arguments from his ownc
workes^and from them you may
gucfle the force of the other.
Tl]4' I is this^fmce every heavy ^bid.
body doth naturally tend down-
wards^ and every light body up-
wards^ what a hudling and con-
fuhon muft there bee if there
were two places for gravity and
^ aces for lightncffc: for it

IS

De Cslo

IS probable that the Earth of
:that other World would fall
downe to this Center 5 and fo
mutually the aire and tire here
alcend to thofe R^egions in the
'other, which muft needes much
derogate from the providence
ot nature, andcaufea great dif-
order in his workes. To this
■ I anfwere , that if you will con-
iider the nature of gravity, you
will plainely fee there is no
ground to feareanyfiich confu-
lion, for heavineflTe is nothing
clle but fuch a quality as caufes
a propenfion in 'its fubjeft to
tend downcwards towards its
owne Centre , fo tli^t for fbnie
of that earth to come hither
would not bee laid a fall but an
afcenlion ^ iince it moved from
its owncpl.ice, and this would
' bee impolTible ( faith Ruvi) )
bccaule againft nature, and
thcrctore no more to bee fea-
red than the falling of the Hea-
vens.

Another

I

^^HT-

iltM^iiteMuAMIIMiMMMMMMH

Another Argument hee had
from his 'rafter "^Uto^ that there
is but one Worldjbecaule there is
but one firft mover^God.

But here I may deny the con-
fequcnce, fince a plurality of
worlds doth not taKc avv.iy the
unity of the firlt mover. Vt ^-
nim forma JHh(l antiaiU^ficfUfhu^
<ffici:nf affarcHtem johmm do
muhiflicUatem indttit per y?/^^'
tam materiam (iaith a Ccunt.cy-
man of ours.) As the lubltantiall
torme^ fo the ctlicicnt caulc hath
oncly an appearing multip; icity
from its particular matter. You
may Tec this point more largely
handled -> and thefe Arguments
more fully anfwered by P///-
tan h 11^ his Booke (why Ora-
cles arelllcnt) and //ico^ Car^
fentanus in his conmient on y^A

But our oppofitcs the Inter-
preters themfelves^ ( who too of-
ten doe j/^r^re ^*« vtyba magiflri)
will grant that there is not any

ftrcne;th

fifetaphyr
lib.}.

Pb:lofop.

/

i

i

The D//coyery

] Imcii^*

ftrength in thefc confequences,;
and ceitainely their ruchweakc;
arguments could not convince!
that wife Philofopher^ whoini
his other ophiions was wont to
bee fwayedbythe ftrength and
power of reafon : wherefore I
mould rather thinke that he had
fomc by-refpeft, which made
him firft aflent to this opinion,^
and afterwards ft rive to prove[
it. Perhaps itwasbecaufe hee[
feared to difpleafe his fchollei;
Alexander fii whom 'tis related^
that he wept to heare a difputa4
tion of another world, {met hc|
had not then attained the Mo-t
narchy of this^ his reltJeilc wide^
hea-t would havecfteemed thisf
GJobeof Earth not bigenough|
for him, if there had bcene ano-l?

jthcr^ which made the Satynft'

I layofhinij

I JEfiuiit infxiix ajiguflo limife trundu

I ^^ That he did vexe himfelfc and

^fweate in his delires.as beina

pcnd up in a narrow roonie,

wheni,

' • — " — i

II imxiiwi I 1,11 . ~ - - „. - *^ -l

' '" ■'"H.i'ti-J iijii^^J— w— I I I-- *

o/an^T0WoM

^Svhcn hee was confinM but to
^^ one world. Before he thought
tofeate hirafelfe next the Gods,
but now when hce had done his
beftj hec muft be content with
fomc equalJ^ or perhaps fupcri-
our Kings.

It may be^that AriJfatUwas'
moved to thisopinion^ that hee
might thereby taKe from Alexan-
der the occ^don oi\his fcarcand
difcontent^ or elfe^, perhaps^
Jrijlotle himfelfe Was as loth to
hold the pofTibility of a world
which he could not diicover. as
Alexander was tO heare of one
vvhich he could not conquer.
Tis likely that ibmc iiich by-re-
fpcft moved him tothisopini-
on^ fince the arguments he urges ^
for it are confeft by his zealous '
followers and conimentators^ to I
be veiy Height and frivolous.and
they thcmlelves grant.whatlam
nowtoprove^ that there rs nor
any evidence in the lighrof na-
tural!, rcaloa, which can (nffici-
'^ cncly \

3^^

Til

^■««a:iii«*«^i^i«i»m-'

apologia pro

Ethlc^U !•

^^^^'^^

cntly manifcll that there is but
one world.

But however fomc may oh-
jeft, would it not be inconveni-
ent and dangerous to admit of
fuch opinions that doe deilroy
thofc principles of Arifiotle^
which all the world hath fo
loni^ followed ?

This qucltion is much con-
troverce i by the Kowijlo Divines;
Camf^ncUa hath writ aTreatife^
in defence of it , in whom you
may fee many things worth the
reading and notice,

Toitlanfwcrj that this po-
fitionin Phiiofophyj doth not
brhig any inconvenience to the
reftj fince tis not Arifioik^ but
truth that fhould be the rule of
ouropinions^ and if they be not
both found toge.her^ wee may
fay to him ^ as hee laid to his
Mafter Tlato diJL<;clvy^ov'niLv ^/acii^,
omv z^Jif/^v rlw a Aj)^e<:ii/- Though
Plato were his friend ^ yet hce
"would rather adhere to truth
than him. I

cc

I

S'

of ancypWorld.

M

I muft needs grant^ that wee \
are all much beholden to the in- ]
dnftry of the ancient Philo(b-|
pherSj and more e(pecially to\
Arijloile^ for the greater part of j
our learnings but yet tisnotin-j
gratitude to fpeakeagahirt hini^l
when hec oppofcth truth 5 for|
then many of the Fathers would I
be very guilty^ efpecially It^ftin^ I
who hath writ a Treatife pur-i
^ofely againft him. I

But fuppofe this opinion were I
falfe^ yet 'tis not againft the]
faithj and fo it may iervc for |
the better confirmation of that |
which is true ; the fparkes of |
crrourj being forcM out by op- 1
pofition^ as the fparkes of fire^ |
by the ftriking of the flint an(i|
fteele. But fuppofe too that ic \
were heretical]^ and againft the!
faith^ yet may it be admitted \
witli the fame privilcdgc as -^^- !
^ijlotU^ from whom mmv more |
dangerous opinions have pro- j
ceedcd : as that the world is j

ctern.:!!-, j

y.

.^-

Rev. i^.^.

The Difcolpery

etcrualj^ that God cannot have
while to looke after thcieinfe-
riour things^ that after death
there is no reward or pimifh-
ment, and inch like blasphemies,
which Itrike direftly atthefim-l
damentalls of our Religion. !;

So that it isju(tly tobewon-l
dred why (bme fhould be (b 111- 1;
'pcrllitious in the(e daies^ asto|:
Itickecloieruntohimj than fii>|
to Scripture^ as if his PhiIo(b-l
phy were the onely foundation I;
of all divine truths. I

Upon thefe grounds both S^* I

( as I have feene theni quoted'^ It
thinkc that Anflotle was the viol "
of Gods wrath^ which was pow-
red out upon the waters of Wiic- .
dome by the third Angel 5 Butf
^or my part, I thinke the'^
world is much beholden to ArU
liotle lor all it fcienccs. But yet
twere a fhame for thefe later am
to reit our lelves meercly upon
the labours of our Fore-tathers

1^.

■3
as

i

L^

as if ihey had informed us of all

things to be knowne, an^ when

wee arc fct upon their fhouJders^

not CO fee further then they them*

felvesdid. 'TwereafuperlHtiouSj
^Imcopmontothhkc /Jri/}Qfiffj

workcs the bounds and iimics of
ail humane invention^ beyond
which there couW be oo poffibi*
lity of reaching. G*:rtainly there
are yet many things left to difco-
very, and it cannot beanyinco>
venicnce for us, to maintaine a
new truth, or reftitic an ancient
errour.

Bat the poficion fay (bme) is
dlrcftly againft Scrij^ture, for

I. Mojes tells us but of one
world, and his Hiflory of the crea-
tion had bcene very impcrfeft if
God had made smother,

2. Siioty^/^/^fpeakingofGcds
workeJ^, /aics he made the world;,
i^ the fingular number, and there-
fore there is but one : Ms the ar-
gnment oi Aquinas , and he thinks
that none will oppofe it;, bucfuch

D vvho

47* Art- j.

JJl

34

AnnalEccU
A.D. 748,

Ibid,

I

The DifcQ<very

who with Vemocri(U4 cfteemc
fo nc blinde chance, and not any
wife providence to be the framcr
of all things,

3* The opinion of more worlds
ha? in ancient rime beene accoun-
red a hcrefie,and Baromfu affirmcs
that for this vei y xt^huj^irgilm
was caft out of his Bifliopricke,
and excommunicated from the
Church.

4. A fourth argument there is
urged by jic^ninas^ if there be
more words than one^ then they
muft either be of the fime, or of a
diverfc nature, but they are not of
ihc fame kii^e, for this were
ncedlcfJe, and would argue an im-
providence, fince one would have
no more perfcftion than the other;
not of divers kinds, for rhenone
cf them could not be called the
world or univerlle, {xncQ ic did not
containcuDiverfall pcrfcdion, I
have cited this argument, bccaiife
it is {0 much ftood upon by lultm
Cafa^ la GaUay one that haspur-

pofely

I^MMHa

pofely writ aTreatifgagainft this
opinion whicti I now deliver, but
the Dilemma is Co bhinr, that it
cannoccuc on either fide, andche
confcquenccs fo wcake,that I dare
truft them wichonc an anfvvtr;
And (by the tvay) you may fes
this Author in that place, where
he endeavours to prove a nece flicy
of one worlds doth leave the
chiefe raatrer in hand, and rake
much ncedlcfle painea todifpuce
againft VemocritHS^ v;ho thought
thacthe world was made by the
cafuall concour(e of atoms in a
great vacuum. It (hould fteme^
chat cither his caufe, or his skill
was weakc. or eUe he would have
ventured upon a ftrongcr advcr-
ftry. Thefc argumsnts which I
have (cc downe, are the chiefeft
which I have met wi:h againft
this fubjcft, and ycc the beit cf
theft hath not force enough to en-
danger the truth that I have de-
livered.

Unto the two firft it may be
D 2 anfw-red,

■^j^^JMWjii. i|iL ', •mmmtttmamtMff

: ,

5^

-}••

The Difcorvery

onfwcrcd^ ihac the negative au^
thoricy (ji Scripcure is not preva-
lc.4C in vholc things which are
cot the fundajncnc4«lls of Rdu|
gion.

But you'Ie reply,though it doe
not luccflirily conclude, yet 'cis
probable if there had beene an-
other world, wee (hould have
had (bme notice of it in Scrip-
ture«

I anfwer, *cis as pr: bable that
the Scripture (h-uld have infoiwij
med us of the Pbnets they be.|
ingvcry remarkable pans of thcl
Creation, and yet neither Mofcf\^
nor Jokf nor the Tfaltncf (^hc
places moft frequent in Aftrono-|
mic^Jl obfcrvacions) mention any |
of them but the Sunne andMoontfj]
and niorcove^^, you muft know,
that *cls beildes the (cope of the
H)ly Gho(t either in the new
Teftjtocnr or in the old^to revcalei
auy thing unto us concerning vhe
fccrttsot Philofophy; 'cisnothis
incent u\ the new Teftamen^, fincc

we

«>• - If nifmiMMaiMitfT'— '^•~*"'-~*'''**'^'*'**'*'****'*

sstacsaaiiii^MMiiiiii

we canooc conceive how it might
any way belong cither to the Hi-
ftoricall exege»icall or prophcti-.
call parts of it : nor is it his intent
in the oldTeftamcnt^ as is well
obferved by our Countrey-man
Mafter Wright, '^oh AJufi;
am Propbetarum injiitnttim fuiffe
videtuT Adathem4ticai alitjHas aut
Phyficas fuhtHiestes pwrnufgare^
fed ad vulgi cafthtn & hquendi
morem qHemadmodum nutrices in^
faKtHli<% folent feft accommorUi'e.
'**ns not the endeavour of iJ/.j7/e/
^* or the Prophets torSifcovcrany
^^ M^themacicall or Philofophicall
^' rubtiltie.%but rather to accomo-
^^ date themfelves to vulgar capa-
^^ cities, ami ordinary fpeech, as
^^nurfcs arc wont to u(e ihcir
infants. True indec^'e, Aiofcs {%
dierc fohaodlethcbiftory ot the
Creation, bur Ms ubfcrved chat he
does not any where meddle wich
fuch m<^t?er8 as were v«ry hard co
beapprehcnded^ for being coin-
j iormj the common people as well

D 3 as

In
Oilhtru

" '' ' "litMllMinin |||i l_li Jj^l^'"^ iiliiiii (i igM«Mii

■^.V

">

Parti. Q^
68. Art.3.

The difcoloery

Gen, r.i(^.

k v*u \ ;< C

')

r C-okV

A'

as oxbersj he does it after a vulgar
way, as ic is commonly notcd3 de-
daring the originall chiefely o[
thofe things which were obviour
to the fenfe, and being filent o(
o?hrr thirds, which thqn could
not well bi apprehended. Adl
therefore yiqumat obfervcs, thai
Mcfcj writes nothing of the aire,
bwC4ufe that being invifible, the
people knew not whether tficrj
were any fuch body or no* Anf
for this very reafon Saint Aijlii
allbihinkes that there is nochinf
expreft concerning the creatioc!
of Angels which notwichftandinj"
are as remarkable parts of M
creatures, andasfictobeknovvpe|
as another world. And thereforf
the Holy Ghoft too ufcs fuctl
vulgar expredions which m
things forch rather as they 3pi
pearc, ihen as they are, :s wbeo:
he calls the Mooneoneof the grcaj

M)tcr lights CD'. Vn-^n riSK^'l

Vk'htreai cistfieleall', butoneifiai
wee can (ee in the whole heavens

So;

>^«-^-y»wi- - - irtiiriiWi iiiiiiiiilii ■lltllliM^tftffiihfVT'^i^'*^**'*''*'"'*'''''"

of a neyfi World,

mtm

So afterwards fpcaking of the
great raine which drowned the
worldj he fties^ the windowes of
heaven were opened ^ becaufe it
feemed to come with thac vio-
lence, as if it were, poured out
from windows in the Firmament.
So that the phrafcs which the
Holy Ghoft ules concerning thcfe
things are not to be underrtood
in a licerall fenfe ; bur rather as
vulgar exprtdiociS, and this rule is
fetdowne by Saint Juflh^ where
fpeaking concerning that in the
Pftlme, Tpho (iretched the earth
upon the npaters^ hcc notes, that
w»jcn the words of Scripture fliall
feeme to contradift common f^infe
or experience, there are they ro be
underftood in a quahfied fenft,
and not according to the letter.
And 'tis obferved thac for want of
this ruk, fomc of the ancients
hav- faftencd ftrange abfurdities
upon the words of the Scripture.
So Saint ^mhroje efleemedita
herefie, to tbinke, that the Sunne

D 4 and

-J-

Gen. u.

I.iinGcnt
Pfali 36.6.

/ „*6|f^tj'^

,iin mtifmMmmmamiitttimtmuttmHm^mii^

■I lAJlU-L'" r'""*<imiiMt<iiiihiiT»i|(Hi II „ ,

Wirj.i.4.

Ecc!ur,45,
3-4.

Com. inc. i-
Gtn.

andlhtrcs were not very hotTTj
being agjinft the words of Scrip,
tufc, Pjalm. 19. 6. where thi
•P/«/w//? nyes that there is no-
thing tha: is hid from the heate
ofcheSunne. Soothers there are
tliat would prove the heavens not
to be roud, out of that placej
Pfiil. 104.2. Hee fl fetch eth oat tht.
h.ivens like a cmaine. So Pro-!
copiw alfo was of opinion, that'
the earth was founded upon the
waters, nay, he made it part ol'
his faich, proving ic out of PfA
2 4. 2. Hte hath founded the earth \
upon the fat, and ejiablijhed «[
»fon thi fiouds. Thefe and fucli
like dbfurdities have fo!lowed,
when men lookcfor the grounds
of Philafophie in the words of
Scripture. So that from what,
hath beene fa?d, I may conchide

th^t the fikncc of Scripture con.:
ceding any other world is not
lufiicicnt argument to provo that :
'here is none. Thus for the two'
nrtt arguments.

Unto

t:S\

tmmmtm

MHMik

of a ne'So World.

Unto the third, Imayanfiver,
fhac this very example is quoted
by others, to (hew the ignorance
of thofe primative times, who did
fometimes condcmnc what they
did not underftand,and have often
scnfur'dthe lawful! & undoubted
parts of Mathematiqucs for here-
ticall, bccaufe they themfclves
could not perceive a reafoB of it,
and therefore their praftife in this
particular, is no fufficknt tcliimo-
nyagainftus.

But laftly I an(wer to all the
above named objeftions, that the
terme Worlds may be taken in a
double fenfe, more generally for
the whole Univerte, as it implies
in it the deraencary and cehercall
bodie?, the ftarres and the earth,
Secondly,more particularly fpr an
inferiour World confiding of ek-
n^cncs. Nowthemaiacijrifcofall
thefe argument^, is to confute a
plurality of worlds in the firft
finfe, and if there were any fuch,
it mighty perhaps^ kerne Hrange,

that

41

^M^MkAMIlM

tttitmmttlillimiii^taaMmtmMMai^i,! ii'"''' »iM Vm ii

:r-vs.

4i

T/^^ Dijcoyery

i that JldofeSi or S^ ^(?^« ftiould
cither not know, or nor mention *
I its creation. And Kirgilim was
'condemned for this opinion, be-'
jcaofeheheldj fjuoijit aUhs mnn»\
drnfuhtariiy alitif^ Sol& Lnm^
(as BarontM) that within our;
; globe ofcarth, there waj« another!
world^another Sunne and Moonc, ■.
and Co he might fcemc to exclude I
^ this from the number of the other I
[creatures. |

I But now there is no ftch dan- ;[
: gcr in this opinion, which is here I
j delivered, fince this world id ftid |
5 tobeintheMoonc, who(ecreati-l
on is particularly expreft. jj

So that in the firft ftnfe I yceld, 1;
that there is but one worldj which l»
is all chat the arguments do prove,
[but underhand h in the ftcond
I fen(e, and fo I affirrae there may be
i more nordoe any of the above na-
. mcd objeftions prove thccocrary.
j Neither can this opinion dero-
gate from the divine Wifdome (as
Aqnina^ thinkes) but rather ad-
vance

'-^•^•; rtiirifiidt"

■— ->*~>^ .-y^irTiT^"-^^^

of a neyp World.

4;

vanceit, (hewing a compendium of
providence, thac could make the
iime body a world^'and a Moone •
a world for habitarion, and a
Moone for the ufe of others, and
the ornament of the whole frame
of Nature. For as the members of
the body ferve notonely for the
pref-rvarion of thcmfelves, but
For the ufe and convcnjency of the
whok, as the hand protjsfts the
head as well as faves itfclfe, fo
i> ic in the parts of the Univeiie^
where each one may fervc as well
for the conftrvation of that which
is within it, as the helpc of others
without it.

I have now in fome m^afure,
(hewed that a plurality of worlds
does not contradiil any principle
of reafon or place of Scripture,
and fo cleared thc(irft part of that
fuppo(irion which is applied in
the opinion.

It may next be enquired, whe-
ther 'tis polTible there may be a
globe of elements in thac which

we

CufanfU de

/.I* Ml.

w^-^

we call the scchereall pirts ofthe
Unjvcrfe; for if this (as ic isac-
cordiV,g to the comf«on opinion)
be pr^Yilcdgetl from any cnaogc
or corruptioD, it will be in vainc
then roimagincaf.y clement there,
andifwe will baveaiothcr world,
we aiurt the nferkc out fome other
place for irs fi uatior;. The third
Propofition therefore ihali be this.

Propofition

n
0

Tbdt the hedvens doenot conjifi of
any fuch pure matter v^hich can
priviUdge them from the likf
change and corrupttM^ ofihe/e
inferienr bodies are liable unto.

IT hath beene often qucftioned
araongft the ancient Fathera and
Philofophcr?^ what kind of mat-
ter thacfhould be, of which the
heavens are framed, whether or
no of any fifth fubftance diftlnft
from the fourc elemenrs, as Ari-

jlotle]

m»^

■MN^IWltltnMllltlgttMlihji ■l^'lj^i_l»ll»nill|ll» lill <iWil«l»Hit*— jMMMIMlMf

nii'iiiiiHiiiiirniii

DeCssl$JLl»

floik holds, and with him Ibmc of
the late Scboolcmen,whofcfubtill
brain€8 could not b« content to
attribute to thofe vaft glorious bo-
dicsj but common materially, and
therefore they ihcmfelyes hadra-j
chcr takepiire* ro paferrcthcml
to fomc exr^ordmjty nirt^rc, j
whcn*as nocwirhiian^'n^, all the ^
argumenisth^y cjulrf invent, were
nor able rocoDy'i^cci^ncccfC^yof
any Uc\\ martrr, .^s is co jK-ft by |
tm^rowne "* Mt. It were much I* c^S'f.
tobr d^fircJ, ihit rhcfr n,in had l^«^ «wfr;
not m Other c^r^s^ as wahs tnis, l^.^a/J
muLipIied ihi igs wichout iicceffi- j
ty, aiid as if there hadnotbectic
enough to be knowne in the (c-j
crCtS of niiure^ hare fpun out new 1
(ut j fts from their ownc b^aiucs
to tinde more worke for future
ages, I (hall not mi'arion their ar-
gunacnts, fincc 'tis already confcft,
that they arenoneof rhcmofany |
nectflary conf^^qucnce^ and be-|
fidcs^you may fee them fet downe j
in any of the bookcs de Ccclo. \

Butl

wiWii

'Mmti !t' t'^itn^mtm

In Hexam
lib* 4*

dicrum.

In lib. At

(tiu

But is it the general! eonfent of
the Fathers, and the opinion of
LomhArdy that the heavens confift
of the fame matter with thcfc fob-
lunary bodies. S^^Anbrofe is con-
fident of it, that hcoeftcemes the
conirary a hcrcfie. True indeed,
they differ much afitong them*
feWcs, (bmc thinking them to be
made of fire^ others of water, but
herein they generally agree, that
they are all fram::d of fome ele-
ment or orher.For a better confir-
mation of this, you may fee Ludo-.
vicHt Molina J^ufih.TSliremhcYgiiis^
with divers others. The venerable
Btde though: the Planets to con-
fift of all thefoiire clement?, and
*cis likely that the other parts arc
ofan acreous fubftance, as will be
(hewed afterward* however, I
canno: now ft:ind to recite the ar-
guments for cither, I have oncly
urged thefc Authorities to couii-
tervaile Arifiotk y2nd the Schoole-
men, and the better to make way
for a proof of their corruptibility.

The

illiii- ~

I >i liiit' an **«mj>aitiiui

iiinii I 1 1'rfTT MiHiiiiiiirtiii

o/ane'SfiWorld.

The next thing then to been-
quired after, is, whether they be
of a corruptible niture, not whe-
ther they can be deftroyed by
God, for this Scripture puts out
of doubt.

Nor whether or no in a long
time they would wcarcaway and
grow worfe^ for firora any fuch
teare they have becnc htely privi-
ledgcd. But whether they are ca-
pable of (uch changes and vicifll-
tudes, asthis inferiour world i8
liable unto.

The two cbiefc opinions con-
cerning this, have both erred in '
feme extremity, the one fide go
ing fo farre from the other, that
they have both gone beyond the
right, whileft Anjlotle hathop-
pofed the truth, as wtll as the
S;oickSi

Some of the A^^cients have
thought, that the heavenly bodies
have flood in need of nourifliment
from the elements, by which they
Were continually Ud^ and (6 had

divers

47

iPct.3.ii.

B^ Doaor
HackwtU

<«»■%

^^

48 I TheDifcoyery

Vlutanb.'de
phcfhilof
L z. c 17.

Nat. Hiil.

Nat.J:>u,tJl.

x«M;j/?,

r

divers alceraeions by re^fon of
their food, this is fathered on ft,
raclhuf^ followed by that great
Naturalift Plitij^ and in generall
attributed to all the Stojcks. You
may fee Scfteea exprcflcly to tbis
purpofc in ihcfe words^E^r/iif^Wi.

fAtii.ommbmJleUUdivtdumurJm
profertifr quofpifiinemtur tot Sjdtn
tamcx^reitatH^iam avuda^per dkm^
*JO&emc^.^ut inofere^ it a in f^fia,
Speaking of thccarth ,Kc faics,from
ihence ic i?,chat nourlfhmcnc isdi-
vidcdroallthelivingcrcamrcSjthc
plants and the SrarreSj hence were
(ullaii'ed fo many conflellati^ns,
lo laborious, fo ;j;recdjr both daj
and night, as well in cbcir feeding
\ as workif g.Thns alfo Lucan fing!,
^ecmr^ Ocemo pafci Phccbumo^^
folumj^credimtss.
Unto thde P/^/tfwe aifo that lear-
ned Egyptian fcemed to agrc^,
whenheaffirwits that the body of
<hc Moone is moiftefj and cooler
than any of the other Planers, by
[ rtfai' ii

l^tiliKJiitWl > |W'il^»i'jl*jS*!M*>»«

MMV!S!M**a|»iW«HklMMIMrilMllli>MW*HMM

of a new World.

I 49

reafon of the earthly vapours chat
are exhaled uoto it. You fee theic
ancients thought the Heavens to
bz fo farre from this imagined in-
corruptibility, chat Mther like the
weakcft bodies they flood in need
of fome contirmall nourifhmenc
withouc which they could not

■fubfirt.

I But Afiflotle and his followers
^^ ere (b farre from this ^ chac chey
thought chofc glorious bodies
could not containc within chcoi
C'uy (uch principles, asmight make
them Ivable to the lea(t change
or corruption, and chcic chiefe
reafon was, becaufe \vc could noc
in (b lo jg a fpacedifcerne any alte-
ration amongft chcm;but unco chis
I unf'jver.

* I. Suppofing we could not^yec
Would it noc hence follow thac
there were none , a» hce himfelfe
In cfFeft doth confefle in another
place ; for fpeaking concerning
our knowledge of the Heavens,
hee faycs 'cis very imperfeft aid
li E difficulc,

S ^ r -: ^

cap. 3.

r.

DeCcehM
cap. 3,

X.

•5

■>?'!(••;'

JO

The Difcprvery

difficult, by realfbnof ihc v^fte
diftancc of thofe bodies from us,
and becaafc the changes which
may happen untoi , arc not ej.
thcr bigge enoi»gh or frequent
enough to fall within the appre-
htnfion and obfcrvation of out
(cufcs • no \;yonder thtn if ht
himfclfe bee dcrciv^d in hi» af.
fertiom concerning thefc parti*
culars. [

a. Though we could not by oui
fcnfes fee fuch altcrationjj, yetoui
reafon might perhaps ftfficientlj
convince us of rhcm. Nor can
we well corceive how the Sunnf
(hould rifl(ft 3gainft the Moonfj:
and ycti^oi produce fomeolreia-l
tirn of heare.Dii?gfwf/ the Philc-
/opher wag hence perfi^adfdihji
thofe fcorchiRg hearts h-d burDt
the Mocne into the ferine oil
Punicc-ftone.

3. 1 anfuer chat there have beet
fcnie alteraiicns cbferTcd ihae;
witrcffe ihofe comets uhicb Favr
becne fcene above the Mconr

So'

of a new World.

So thac though ArtJlotUf cotue-

queoce were fatficicnio vvhcnhec'
proved thac ih^ heavens were noc
corraptiblc, b^Caule rherc have
not any change^ beino; obQrv;id
inic^ yttthU by the fatncrc^roii
muft bee as prevalent, thac the
Heavens are corruptible, b^caufe
there have beene fo many alrera-
tions obferved there •bac of thefc
together whh a farther cjnfirma-
tioj of chis propofition^ I iliull
have occifion to Ipeakc afct-r-
wuds; Lithcmeancfpace, I will
''cferre the Reider t^ thac vorfc;
oiScbeincrz Itrejtfui' ^>vhi'hht
cities his Ktfd Vrjina^ Vf':ntc iic.:
ra.iy Oe this point conccn.Ui? the
corruptibilicy of . the H avcjs
largely handled and fufficiencly
confirmed.

There are fon?e other things,
on which 1 might here cake an
occafijnto enlT^emy (elfe, but
becauf?' chey are d'tcftty handled
by auay others, and doe not i'^-
j mediately belong to the chicfc
s E 2 matter

51

\,:P^:

5^

ti'i^- rat.

•^«*v

l» lib. fup.
Gen-adlit.

The Difcorvery

matter in hand , I fliruTtherefort
rcferrc the Reader to theirauthori,
and omit any large proofeof them'
my fdfe , as defiring all polfible
brevity.

I. The firft is this: That there

arcnofolidOrbcj. If there bea

habitable World in the Moont

(which I now affirme j it mull

follow, that her Oibe Is net folii,

« ^r//?o*/# fiippoff d ; and ifnoi

her, why any of the othcr?I rathei

thinkethattheyareallof aM

(perhaps aereou8)rubftance. Saint

^mSrofi , and Saint Bafildid e&-

dcavonr to prove this out of thsi

place in IfajyVskere they arecoro-

pared to ftroake, as they are bott,

quoted by Rhodig^Ptuf^Etifebm^^

■t^icrembergms doth likewife from j

that place confute the foJidityawi ^

incorrupt-bility of the Heaven?,';

and cites for the fame interpreM-;;

uoo the authority of Eufiachm)

of j^mioch ; and Saint jiupin;-

i sm fbre ffemes to aflcnt unroj

this opinio n,tboDgh he does ofttn,!

in!;.

■■71F%

mC~.

»W' iii«« mwuvt

m ir"\ 1 1 owiiwiiiwwiiiii II 1 1,. 1 1 I ij^ji J I »iM»iiwMii^ainijj

of a ne^ World.

55

ip his other workes coDrradid it.
The tcftiniony of otherFachers to
this pnrpofc you may fee in Sixtus
Senenju^ /. 'y.Biblioth.annot. 14,
bat for your better (atisfaSion
herein , I (hall refcrrc you to the
^bovc named *9rAexW in his Rofi /i6.4.f U,»
Vrftna^ in whom you may fee ^•7'^^p3<>»
both authoriti<!s and rcafjn , and
very largely and difiinftly fct
downe for this opinion, for the
better confirmation of which hee
adjoyncs alfo fome authenricall
Epiftles oiFndcricus C^fius Lyiu
ccHf a Noble Prince written to
Behrminey containing divers rea-
sons to the fame purpofr^yoa may
?Ifo fee the fame truth fet downe
f)y JohamtsVem\^ his preface to
Suclids Optkks , and Chnfloph.
,KothmAntius ^ both who thought
jhc Firmament to b^c onely aire :
and though the noble Tycho doe
.difpute againft ihcmjycthe him-
felfc holds, Qjiod frifius advert'
tatif pemtratid accedn hac opimo,
quarn ArijlotelicA vulgantcr sp-
E 3 probata^

K

T

*9HWM»**V«ak«MM>«B«M«MH

54

\

The di (coy cry

at que impervih orifihpsf cHra rem r<.
p/rvH. 'H hat this opbioncomo
*^ ueercr co the truth than that con:.
" mon one oiuirifiotli which had
'^ CO no pnrpofc filled the hcaveni
" with fych rcall and irapervk
•^Orbes. ^

2. There is no elf iment of fire
which muft be held viichthiso.
pinion here delivered; for if m
(uppofc a world in theMoone,the
it will follow, thatthe fphcarcd
fire, cither is not there where '(i
ofually placed in the concavicyc(
hi8 Orbe , or clfc that there is i
fuch thing at all , which is tnof
probable, fince there arq not an;
(uch (olid Orbs,that by their M
morion might hearc and enkindl:
the adjoynirg aire, which is im/
giard to be the reafon of that cl(l
mcnt.Concernipg this fee C^tdil'

«/^«, the ncble 7;c^t?,with civc:;
others who have purpo/ely had-
l<2d this propoficion. ^

3

L-f

fe^'<f

~>^^--'»:^Y^^'^*^t^4''^^^A^

of a neyo World.

55

;• IcDjghc addeaihird, viz>.
that there is no Mufickc of the
fphearcs ^ for if chey be nor folid^
how can thtir motion aufe any
fuch found as is conceived? Idoe
rhc rather medle with this^becaufe
Plutarch (peaks as if a man might
very conveniently he^c that har-
mony, if he were an inh<ibitanc in
theMoone. But I gueffe that hec
fiid this out of incogitancy, and
did not Wf 11 confi Jer thofe ncccf^
(ary coafequciices which depen-
ded upon liis opinion. However
the world would have no great
loflc in being deprived of this Mu-
ficke^unlefle at (omc times we had
thepriviledge toheareit : Ttien
indeedc Pbth the Jew think^s [oefomiis
it would fave us the charges of
dirt, and we might live at an eafie
rate by feeding at the care onely,
and receiving no other Boiiriflh-
ment ; and for this very rcafon
(faieshc) was /^/^Jr/ enabled ro
tarry forty daies and forty nights
in the Mount without eating any

E 4 thing

/

r^/

If ■i|iw»Hiii»|"i'ii»'«

■>MilMlKM»*i"WI«ll« I III I I.,

.*■«

54

The difcoyery

ptifhata^tjH^ cotlhmflmibus rtalibui
afqHeimperviis or^ihnf chrarem re-
p/rvft. ' ^ 1 hac this opiaion comes
♦^ ueercr to the truth than that com-
" mon one oiArifiotl$ which hath
'^ CO no pnrpofc filled the hcaveni
" with fych rcall and iraperviouj
*K>be8,

2. There is no ekmcnt of fire,
which muft be held \\iththiso.
pinion here delivered; for if wee
(uppofc a world in theMoone,theo
it %vill follow, thacthcfphearcof
fire, cither is not there where 'ih
nfually placed in the concavityoi
his Orbe , or cUc that there is no
fuch thing at all , which is moll
probable, fince there are not any
fuch folid OrbSjthat fay their fwif:
morion might hearc and enkindk
the adjoynirg aire, which is ima-
giacd to be the rea/on of that clc-
mcnt.Concernipg this CceC^rd^n^
lohaKms Pcna that learned Fre^/ti-
w^«, the ncble Tycho;w\i\\ civcis
others who have purpofcly hand-
hd this propofition.

____ 3'

^

.-p. M»'-irm«<«iiriii»!i>,ji^,()ir*SiM!(jf"'*

J, Imighc addeaihlrd, viz^,
thac there is no Mufickc of the
fphearcs^ forifcheybc nocfolid,
how can thtir motion CAufe any
fuch found asis conceived^ Idoe
the rather medle wUh thi83becau(e 1
Plutarch fpcAz^s ifamannjight
very conveniently hearc that har-
mony, if he were an inhabitant in
theMoone. But I gueff^: that hec
faid this out of incogitancy, and
did not well confi Jer thofc ncccf*
(ary coafcquciices which depen-
ded upon liis opinion. However
the world would have no great
loflc in being deprived of th is Mu-
ficke^unlefle at (omc times we had
thepriviledgc tohcareic : Ttien
indeedc Phth the Jew thinkes '^P^^^^^''*^*
it would fave us the charges of
dif r, and we might live at an eafie
rate by feeding at the care onely,
and receiving no other Boiuifh-
mcnt ; ard for this very reafon i
( faies he ) was Mofes en-ibled to
tarry forty daies and forty nights
in the Mount wi^huuc eating any
E 4 thing

r I'

5$

- - - - ■ I ■»

The difcoyery j

thing , bccaufe he there heard the
melody of the Heavens, -i?//«w
umms. I know this Mu(kke haiti
had great patrons both ftcredand
propbane authoiirs , fuchas^w.

CiccTQ and others , but becaufe'K
is noc now , 1 thinke affirmed by
any , I fhall noc therefore beftoi
either paincs or time in arguing
againftic.

It may fufficethati have oncly
named thefe three laft , and foi
the two more neccffary, have re-
ferred thcReader to others for fa.
tisfaftionJ fhall in the next place
proccede to the nature of ih(
Mooncs body, to know whethei
that be capable of any fach condi'
tion?5as may make it polTible to bs
iohabicedjand what thofe qualities
are wherein it more neercly agrc«
with our earth.

Prop 4'

/ i\

of a ne^ World.

Propofition 4.

'that the Moont is afolid^ compn*

I

Shall not need to ftand long

in the proofeof this propofi-
tion 5 fincc ic is a truth already
agreed on by the general! confenc
of the moft and the bcft Philo^
fopherj,

I. Ic is (olid in oppofinon to
fluid, asischeayre, for how o-.
thcrwife could it beare backe the
light which ic receives from the
Sunne?

Bat here it may b? qutftloned,
whether or no the Moone beftow
her light upon us by the reflecti-
on of the Sunne-bcames from the
(ijperficics of her body , or cHe
by her owne illumination. Some
^here are who affi.me this latter
part. So Avmocs^ Cdm Rhdl"
ghufj;4iius C'in/jdr.&c. and their

rcafon

57

■ •■V^MUBMB^^k

Uclu>n»
I. to. C.4,'
De pbiinjm.

lUHit^C* It.

rcafonis becaufechis !igbcis d\C
cerred in many places, whcreaf
thofc bodies which give light by
reflexion can there o;icIy be per-
ceived where the angle of reflcxi^
on is cquall to the angle of inci-
dence , and this is onely in one
place, as in a looking-glaflc thoft
bearaes which are r<.'flfaed from
it cannot bee perceived in every
place where you may fee the
glafle, but onely there where
your eye is placed on the fame
line whereon the beames are re-
fleacd.

But to this I anfwere, that the
argument will not hold of fuch
bodies, whofc fuperficies is full of
unequall pares and gibbofities as
the Moonc is. Wherefopc it is
as well the more probable as the
rnore common opinion , that her
light proceedcs from both thefe
caufes^ from reflexion and illumi-
nation ; nor doth it herein differ
from ourearth,fince that al(b hath
fomc light by illumination : for

how

^iiigniji_ti|-miiiaiiniriiiniwi» m

''ofaneyoWorld.

how ochcrwifc would tlic parts
about us io a Sunnc-fhinc day ap-
peare fo bright , when as all the
ray c$ of n flexion cannot cuter ioto
outeyc>
2. It is compaft^ and not a fpun-

59

?luuiefUL.

he Tbeo*f*
X64.

gk and porous fubftance. But this 1 ;^tt/-tt.f.i j

is denied by DicgemfyViteSiOy^nd ^ ^

RtinoldM^ and lome others, who

held the Moonc to bee of the fame

kind of nature as a Pumice-ftone^

and this, lay they, is the rcafon

why in the Suns eclipfcs there ap-

pearcs within heracfuskifhruddy

colour, bccauft the Sunnc-bcaraes

being rcfrafted in palling through

the pores of her bady,muft nccci-

firily be reprefcntcd under iuch a

colour.

But I reply, ifthisbcthccaufe
of her rcdneile, then why doth ftc
not appeare under the fame forme
when ("heisaboutafextilcafpeft^
and the darkned part of her body
is difccrnable ? for rhen alio doe
the fameraycs paffc through her,
and therefore in all likelihood

rhould

j//

i*i*iw»m»ii; iiiii If 1 III ,,r. I ■!<"•««■

I ScaHget eX'

TluUdefa.

ftouM produce the fame cfftGt,

and notwithftanding thofc bcamcs

arc then diverced from us, that

they cannoc enter into our eyes by

a ftrcjght line, yet muft tht colour

ftill rcmaine vifibic in her body,

and befides according to this opi-

nion.che (pots would notalwaies

be the fame, but diver8,as the vari*

ous diftancc of che Sunne requires.

Againc , if the Sunne-beames did

paffe through her, \A;hy thenhach

(he HOC a taile as the Comets > why

doth fhcapp«are in fuch an exacS

round ? and not rather attended

with a long flamc^fincc it is mcere-

ly this penetration of the Sunne

beamcs that is ufually attributed

to be the caufe of beards in blazin^

ftarrcs. ^

3. It is opacous , not tranfpa^
tent^or diaphanous like Chryftal!
or glaflTc , as 'EmpedncUs thought,
who held the Mjonc to bee a
globe of pjre congealed aire,like
haile inclofed in a fpheareof fire,
tor then.

I. Why I

J

^^^^uMitif

i«tii»i«'i"«n I rtf

I. Why do€S (hecnotalwaies
appcarc in the full ? fince the
light is difperfcd through all her
body ?

7. How can the intcrpofitlon
of her body fo darken the San, or
caufefuch great cclipfts as have
turned day into night , that have
difcovered the ftars , and frighted
the birds with fuch a. ftddendark-
ncfle, that they fell downcupon
the earth, as it is related in divers
Hiftories>And therefore Herodotus
telling of an Eclipfe which fell in
Xerxes time , defcribei it thus :

a*f(t#);j!a>. The Sunne leaving his
wonted ftatc in the heavens, vani-
(hcd away : all which argues (uch
a great darkncfle, as could not
have beene, if her body had beene
perfpicuous. Yet fome there are
who interpret all thefc relations
to bee hyperbolicall exprcfllons,
aod the noble Tjcho thinkcs it na-
turally impolTib!e,that any cclipfc
ftould caule fuch darkncfle , be-

caufc

Plut.de fa.

HcroJolJ.j
en.

Dtfbdnom,

The Difcoyery

caufc the body of ih* Moone can
never totally cover the Sunnc 5
howevcr,in this he Js fiogular, all
other Aftronomcrs (if I may bi-
Iie?e-K'f/>/jr)bcingon the contrary
opinion,byrea(bntheDiameterof
the Moone does for the mo(t part
appeare bigger to as then the Di^-
met^roftheSunne.

But here Ju^ita C^far once
more, puts in to hinder our paf-
fage. The Moonef faich he)is not
altogether opacous, because 'lis
ftill of the (^me nature w'ththc
Heavens , which are incapable of
fotall opacity : and his reafon i?,
becaufe pc^rfpicuity isaninfepa-
jrable accident of ihofe purer
bodies, and this heethinkesrauft
ncc-ffatily bee granted, for hcc
flops thcre,f4nd proves no further ;
but to this I fliall dcfcrre an an-
fwere, till hechach made up his
argument.

We may frequently fce,that her
body does (beclipfc the Sunnc, as
our earth doth the Moone i finer

thrr

.^

r\

oj a neJi^ World.

•Hm

then the like inurpofitiouui them
both^dotb produce the like cfF^ft,
they muft nf ccflarily be of the like
natures, that js a like opacous,
which is the thing to be fbcweci 5
and this was <he rea(f)n ( as the
Interpreters futfle) why ^rry?ej//^
affirmed the Mooncto be or* the
canhs nature, bfcaufc of their
sgrement in opacuy^vwhereasall
the other el< mcnts fave that^are in
foinc rreafure perfpicucus.
But the grcatcft difference which
may fteme to make our earth
oltogciherunhkcthcMocJX, is,
bccaufe the one is a bright body,
and hath light of its Gwtie,aird the
other a groflc darkc body which
cannor fhincar aJI. Ttsr(.quifire
therefore, tharinthercxrpbcci
clcarc this doubt, ard fhev^that
the Moone hath no trere light oi
her owne than our earth.

Prop- 5.

5

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— 'k

64

i

Hie f OH, dc
S.Hide.

^^.c,4.

L

The Difcoyery

• • • I .■IIMillll__^^

Propofition 5.

T'hat the (Jlfome b^ith not any light
of her pwne.

TWas the fancy of (bme of ihc
Jewcs, and more cfpecully
of Rabhi Simeon , thac the Moone
was nothing elfc but a contrafted
Sunne,and that both thole planets
at their firft creation were cquall
both i(\ light and quantity, for be-
caufe Goddid then call them both
great lights, therefore they infer-
redjihat they muft be both cqiiall
inbigncffe. But a while after (as
thecradicion goes) the ambitious
Moone pur up her complaint to
GodagainfttheSanne, Ihcwing,
that it was not fie there fliould be
two fuch great lights in the hea-
vens, a Monarchy would bcft be-
come the place of order and har-
mony. Upon this God comman-
ded her to concraft her felfe into a
narrower compifle, but (he being
( much

of a new World. I 6 ^

muchdi(contentcdhcreat, replies.
What ! becaufc I have (pokenthat
which is reafbn and equity, muft I
therefore be diminifhed ? Thi^
fcntence could not chtjfe but much
trouble her; and for ihisrealon
was fliee in much diltreflc an^i
gfiefe fora longipace,biic that her
(brrovv might be (bme way paci-
fied, God bid her be of good
checre3 becaufc her priviledges
and charet (hould be greater then
theStinSjhefhouIdappearein the
day time oncly, (hcc both in the
diy and night, but her mchncholy
being not iatisKed with this, fhee
replyed againe, that that a Jas was
no benciic, for in the day-time (lie
(hould be either not (ienc, ornoc
noted. Wherefore, God to com-
fort her up, promiftd, that his
people the Kraelitcs (hould cele-
brate all their feafts and holy dales
by a computation of her moneths^
but this being not able to con-
tent her^ (hce has looked very
melancholy ever iLKe; howe-

F ver

«1UJ mijjiiilliriii

66

chitefiuYK
in enaV' at.

The Difco^ery

n

vcr Qice hath ftill referved mucb
light of hsr owiic*

Others there were, that did
chinke the Moonc to be a round
globe, the one halfe of whore bo-
dy was of a bright fubliance, the
other haltc being darke, and the
divers convcrftous ot thofe fides
towards oar eyes, caufcdtheva-
ri;ty of her appearances; of this
opinion was Birofm^ as he is cited
by ruruviuf^ and SS tAufiin
thought ic was probable enough,
but t his fancy is almoft eqnally ab*
furd with the former, and both of
them found rather like fables^ then
philo(c)phicall truths. You may
commonly (ce how this latter does
contradift frequent and eafieex*
pcrience, for 'tis obferved, that
that fpot which is perceived about
hermiddle^ when (he is in the in-
crcaft^may bcdifcern'd in the fame
place when fhc is in the ful: whence
it muft follow^, that the fame part
which was before darfened, is after
inlightened, and that the one part

is

of a new World.

/

ifnocalwaiesdarke, andthcochcr
light of it (elff, but enough oi
this, I would bg loihcotnikean
enemy, th^t I may afrerwards
ovcromthim, or btllowcimc in
proving that whi.ch i^ already
granted, I fuppofenow, thdcuei-
ther of them hath any patrons^ and
therefore need noconfucaiion.

Tis agreed upon by all fides,
that this Planet receives moli of
her light from the Sunnc, but the
chiefecoPitroverficis^ whether or
no (he haih any of rer ov^iic ? The
greater mulcirnde affirr^e cbjs.
Cardan aiTiOngIt the rcti, is vcr*
conrtdenc of inland he thinkes that
if any of us were in the Moonc ar
the time of htr grcateli edipic^
Limam afpianmuf nonfcCM ac in-
numcris ccreis (plcndidijjimu ac*
ce^jjir^ /?/^ sn em oculU dcftxi^
c^cuttremiif '^ ** wee (h' uld per-
^^ceive fo great a brighn fL^ of
^' hf!rowne^ that wouiJ bli d'^^'S
wich the meere fighr^ and whrn
fbceis eulightcncd by thrSuo'iej

F 2 ih'.'H

De Subtil.

/! I \

1

■"^a^M^tMaitMUUUirWMMM

58

The DifcQcvery

/Sv'%-

then no eagles eye if iherc were
any there, is able ro looke upon
her. This Cardan faics, and hec
doth but fiy ic without bringing
any proofc for its confirmation.
However, I will (ec downe the
arguments that arc ufually urg^d
for this opinion^ and ihey are ta-
ken ci' her from Scripture or rea-
fon; from Scripture is urged that
place, 1 Cor. 15. where it isfaid,
Therein om glory of the Sttnm^ and
another glory of the Moom. F/jjJes
Jlbergetttis wr^t^^ ihzi in Math,

The Moone fbaHmt ^ive her light :
therefore (faics he) (he hath lome
ofherowne,

Buctothcfewce mayeafilyan-
fwer that the glory and light
there fpoken of, may be faid to
be hcr5, though it be derived,
as you may fee in many other in-
Ihnce*".

The arguments from reason are
taken cither

I. From that light which is

di(.

J |lll<l«»<»llf»1 ililfHI* 1

wmiimt

.i..»...^>.^.. V II .ii-iiit-f'i'-n-n^"'

difcerned in her, when there is a
cocall ccliple of her owne body,or
oftheSunne.

2. For the light which :s dif-
cerncd in the darker part of her
body, when fheisbucalittledi-
ftanc from the Snnne.

1. For when there are any to-
tall edipfeSj, there appearcs in her
body a great rednc/H, and many
tiiTifs light enough to caufeare-
markeable fhade, as common ex-
perience doth fufficiently mani-
fcft: bur this cannot come from
chcSunne^ Ihcc at fuchtimesei-
ther the earth, or hep owne body
ftades her from the Sun-beames,
therefore it muft proccede from
her owne light.

2. Two or three daics after the
new Moone, wee may perceive
light in her whole body, whereas
the rayes of the S^m reflcft but up-
on a fmall part n{ chat wnich is vi-
fiblf^therefcrc Vis likely that there
is fome 1 jght of her owne.

It) anfwering to tliefeobjeft*-

F :? on?,

1 7^

T/;^ dijcoipery

005, I (hill firlt fli^W, that this
light cannot be her ownc,and then
declare that which is the true rea-
Ion of it.

That it is not her o wn,appearc8|
I. From the variety of it at di-
vers tim<^?; for 'tis commonly ob-
fervcdj that fcm<'timcs 'cisofa
brighter, fometimcs of a darker
apt earaiK?, now redder, and at
an^'ther time of a more dusk fii'
colour* Thcobfcrvation of this!
vari ry in divers cclipffs, you
miy Ice fet dowiie by KepUr^ni
many othtrs, bur now this could
noc be if rhac light were her cwnc,
that being confrantly the fimf,!
and without any realbn of ftich
an alteration : So that thus I may
i*rgui\

If there were any light proper
to the MoonL', then would thit
Plarjcc app- are brighrf ft when fte
! is tclipied in her Pcrige, bwin^
' ntcreft to the earthy and ibcot^l::-
1 <]uently more obfcure and disk^ft
! v\ hen (he i^ in her Apoge or fjr-
I -the!'

"7'*irmmm

of a m"^ World. \ 71

theft from ic ; che r^ alon is, b^caufc }
the nccrer any enlightened body I
comci CO the fighr, by fo much the I
more fircrg arc the fpecies a id the <
better perceived. This fcqael! is ; '
granted by (oau of our advert- o^rnvs
rie5, and chcv are the very svords juu^ipi,
of noble Tychff^ Si hina ger^ni-^o c. lo*
gaiidertt lumtrii^ uti^^cuMinum*]
bra te^r£ ejjet^ iuudnon atriittitct^^
fed CO tvidentius exererct^ omnc .
\ enim lumer) in ttmbry. pln^ ihhndet :
cHm ali9 majon fulpre ho prfpi'l
ditur. It the Moone had any lighc t
of her ovvne, then would fhe not
lofe it in the earths (liadow, but •
rather (hine more clcardy, iince •
every lighc appearcs greater in
'he darke, when ic is not hin-i
dered by a tiioie pcripicuous'
brightneifc.

But now the event fall? out I i^^j^^^i j
cicanc contrary^ (as obf rvirion i^ or/* //.#/;;.
dochmanifcft, and our opp^licesj^'*/^ ''^•
thcmfelves doc st^ot) the Moone i ^^'-'''F^l'
^ppcdnng with a m ^rc rcndi(h|
^'id cbare li^ht whe^j fhe is eclip- 1

F 4 icd;

7i

" K— »l

The difcolpery

fed being m her Apoge or farcheft
diffancc,an'.1 a more bhckiOi yron
colour v^'hen (lie is in her Perige or
necrcftcous, therefore fhce hath
noc any light of her owne. Nor
n^ay Vk^eihinke thacthe earths (ha*
dow can cloud the proper lighc of
the Moone from appearing, or
takeaway any thing from her in-
he rent brighcfieflTe^for this were to
thinke a fhadow to bea body, an
opinion alcogcther mif-becom-
ming a Phil ifopher, as Tycho
grants in the fore- cited place, Nee
pimbra terr£ cnyporeum quid efl^ aut
den fa ali^ua fyhjfaniia^aut Inn a Ih-
tnenohtfnebrarepojfit^ atj^ id vijui
mfiro fY^rifcre^ jed eft qH£dm
privstiuluminisfoUria^ oh imtrfO'
Jitum cpacum arpuf terra* Nor is
thf carihs fliadow any corporall
thingjorihickefublhnce, that it
can cloud the Moonesbrightreffe,
or take ic away from our fighc^bm
it is a mceie privation of the Suns
l?ghr, by rcafon of the interpofitl-
on of the caahs opacou^ body.

2, If

2. If fhrehadany ligbcof her
owne then that would in it felfe
be,either fuch a ruddy brightnclfe
asappcaresin theeclipfes, orelfc
fuch a leaden duskifh light as wee
fee in tne darker parts ot her body,
whcnfbee isalictle part the con-
junftion. (That it mu(t be one of
iKefe may follow from the oppr*-
fitc arguments) but it is ncifhcr
of chefe,chercfore fhe hath none of
heroine.

I. Tis not fuch a ruddy light
as appcarrs in eclipfes, for then
why can wee not fee the like red-
neflc^ when wee may difcerne the
obfcurer parts of the Moone ?

You will fay, perhaps, that
then tl;c ueercncfle of that grea-
ter light, rakes away that appea-
rance.

I icply,this cannot be, for then
why does Mars fliinc with his
wonrcd redneff;, when he is neere
the Mootic? or why cannot her
greater brightncfL' make him ap-
pears while as t he ochcr Planets ?

nor

74

Semt. Sc'if-

The Dtfcoyery

nor can there be any reafon given
why thac greater light fhauldre-
preftnc her body under a falfc
colour.

t, Tis not fuch a duskifh lea.
den lighr, a$ wefeeinthcdark'^r
pare of ^e^ body, when fhec is
about a Textile A(p ftdtltant from
the Sunne, for thtn why docs fhcc
appcare red in the cclipfcsj fincc
the nrne (h^'^e cannot choofe fuch
variecy,fof 'fis the nature of dark-
nefle by its oppofition^ rather to
make things appeare of a more
white and clear- brighcneffcthen
ihtyare inthcmlelves, or if it be
^he (hade, yet thofe pares of the
Moone arc then in the (liade of her
body, and therefore m reafon
(hould have the like redocfle.
Since then neither of thefc lights
a;ehers, it followcs that flie hath
nope of her owne. Nor is this a
fingular opinion, but it hath had
many learned patrons^ fuch was
Macrobtu^^ who bc'ng for this
quoted otix./;o^ig.7ir^,he calls him

vir

%W''^'''^'^?W<'^'*^!'^^WK'vi^mf*»tmiikmn n n>\mm imuini

■iiiiyiuminiiwnmmn>j»,IH. iniH' miMi

.f««r*»- V'**''^

of a neyp World.

I

75

'Dii'fuondiiijfiwie fdemU^ a man

who knew more than ordinary

Philofophcrs, thus commending

the opinion in the credit of

the Authoiir. To him aflents the

Vcnrrabk Bedc^ upon whom the I

glolTc: hath this compati(bn. As \inllb.di

vheLookiog-glaflTc: represents not \natufjf014m

any image within ic (cUc, unkfle

it receive fome from v/uhout- io

•he Moone hath not any I'ghc^

but what is beftowcd by the Sun.

To thefe agreed Albert hs Mag"

nuf^ Scaliger^ A^ceJIw^ and more

efju.cially MnlapertiMt whofc

words are more pat to the pur-

Exercil 6%»
I. Epitome^

pofe then others^ and therefore 1 1 ^^ ^^^

(hall fee them downe as you may
finde them in his Preface to his

Treatife concerning the Af^llyizca
fjdera ; Lu^a^ Vema^ & Mncu*
riu^^ tcrcjlris & humid^fumpib^
/?^^-i<e^ ide (j^ de fuo non luccre^
Jiait72ec terra, The Moone)^<f«^<^,
ii\\i\ Mercmte ((aith he) areofan
earthly and moj ft fubft^.nce, and
therefore have no more hghc of

rhelr

;;6.4.f 1.

tie

'W^H?

; /. ^. c. 6?.

DeCmhiz.

their owne, then the earth hath.

Nay, (bme there arc who thintc

that all the other Scarresdoerc

ceive that light, whereby they

I appeare vifible to us from the

I Sunne, (o Ptnlomie^ Ifidore Hifpa^

llcnfisy AlberiHS Muffius^ and

i jRrd/e, n^uth more thcD tnuft the

I Moone ihine with a borrowed

light.

But enough of this. I have now

(ufficicntly fhewed what at the

firfti promiied, that this light is

[not proper to the Mooae. Itre-

maines in the next phce, that I

tell you the true rcafon of it. And

S...

; here, I thinke 'cis probable thar
[the light which appeares in the
[Moone at theeclip(es is nothing
[elfc but the fccond fprcieg of the
I Sunncs raycs which pafTe through
I the fhadowunto her body: and
[from a mixture of this fecond
light with the fiiadow, ariles tbac
redoefle which at fach times ap-
peares unto u?;. I may call It Lw-
mm rrcpufculam^ the Aurora of
^ th-:

)'\

A!r~rmi(mt»m It I iiiiiii

1.1 UMJJIIIIW

o/anefi-'JVorld.

11

11.

the Moone, or lach a kinJr ot
bluftmg lighr, chac the Su^^nc
caufcs \vhen he is neerc his riii"g, 1
vvhenhcb£(towes(ba3ef(iiaHligh: !
upon chc thicker vapours. Thus •
wee fee commonly the S'Jnnebc- j
ino in ihc H^riion, and che rc-|
flexion growing wcake, how his
beames make the waters appcare
very red.

The Moabiresin Ithorams ciinc \
when they rofe early inchemor- j^Klrgij.
ningjana beheld the warcrs a farre j ^ '
otf.miftookc them for blood, Et\
c.infA hujH6 eft, qf!fj raditii fnUru \
in Aurora conttdtlt qtSAndam rxbc^l
dinem^ Propter VJpdres comlu^cs
mane'stes circj fnperficiem ierr^^
fer qn $5 radii trarijeunt^& idto cnm
r fcrcnihntur in aqua jd oenljf
^iojlroj^ trahnnt fecum ai*jdem ru^ j
horcm^ Ofr facm^^t apparere !ocum
aquATHtn^ in qt40 e(l rtpercf^jjloc^i
Tubrtsm^(2Ln\\ Toj}*itiis. Thcrea-
fon is^ becauft of his rayes, which
being i.i the lower vapour?, thole
doe convey an impericft mixed

light

78

^K^

The DifcoDery

I'ghcapon thewarcri. This the
Moone being in the earths fha-
dow^ and chc Sunnc bcames which
arc round about if, not being able
tocomcdireftly unto hcrbody^yct
fomcftcondraicsth*vreare,\v[)ich
paflingthrough the fh^dow^^mal^c
her appearc in chat ruddy colour :
S Jtbac rhe muft appearc brighcv ft,
whtnfheciscclipfcd, bvioginhcr
Apoge, otgreateft diiUncefrom
us, becaafe then the cone of the
earths fliadow is Icfle^ and the re
fraction is made through a nar-
, rower medium. So on the con-
I trary, fhe mufl- be reprciearcd un-
der a more datke and cbfcurc
forme when (lie is cclipf^d^ being
in her Perige, or ncereil to the
earthy becaufc then (he is involved
in a greater fbadow^ or bigger
i part of the cone, and (o the re-
Uraftion pafling.throui^h a greater
medium, the light muft necdes be
weaker which dotl> proceed frcm
it. If jouaskcnow whattherca-
fon may be of chat light which vvf

A — — f-^^ ■■

oj anc^World.

difccroc in the darker parr of the
new Moonc : I aiifwer. Vis rc-
fleftcd from oar earth which re-
turncsasgratabiighcneircrothac
Planer,asic receives from if. This
I fliall havcoccafion to prove af-
terward,

I have now done with thcfc pro-
pofitions which were fee downc
tocleare the pa(I;ge,and confirme
the fuppofirions implied in the
opliion^ » (hall u the next place
proceed to a more direft creating
ofihcchiefc matter in hand.

Propofition 6.

Thai there is a world in the Afoone^
hath beene the dirt& opinUn of
many ancitfit^vpithfome medernt
Mjthematictarjs^ andv^ajfra^
bnbly he deduced from the tenents
of others.

Since this opinion may be ftC*
peeled of lingularity, I (hall

there-

79

if^^

So

VUtMfiu,

/Wd.c.ij-

Diog. Lictt*

cap. II.

The Difcolpery

^-^— — ~'' ' ^ -— — ■■^-_^^

therefore fidt confirmc icbyfuffi,
cleat authority of divers auchours
both ancienc and modernc, that
fo I may the better cleare it from
the prejudice either of an upftart
fancy, or an abfoluce erroiir,
This is by fome attributed to Or»
phem^ one of the mod a tcient
Greekc Poets^whofpeakingofchc
Moone, faies thus, >? To^A'b;gaf>,
m>^a5-^cty Tiu'i^d: /.uAafl^rt, That it
hath nuny mountaine? and cities,
andhoufcsin it. To him afT^ntcd
Xcmphanes^ j^nax^goras^ Vemo-
cfitHj^ and Her^cHtuSy all who
thought it to have firmc folid
ground, like to our earth, c^ncai-
ning in it many large fields, cham-
pion grounds^ and divers inhabi-
tantSj Unco the/c agreed T^ythag^^
tAi^ who thought that our carcb
was but one of the Planets which
moved round about the Sunnc, (as
^Wy?^;//,? relates it of him) and the
Tyth^gonans in gei^erall did af*
firmc, that the Moonc Mo was
ccrreliriall, that flie was inhabited

as

)\

oj a new World.

Pliv.Nrt.

as this lo.wer worl J.That thoff li-
ving crrarures 5c plants vv hich arc
in her, exceed any of chc like kind
with us in the fame proportion, as
their dales are longer tlim ours;
vizhy 15. rimes, ThlsTjib^gor^f
wasedcemcd by all, of a molM -
vine v^ic, as appearcs efpecial ly by
his valuacion amongft z\\c Kom^ns
who being comanded by rhe Ora-
cle to ercfta ihcue to the W\k{\
Grecian^ the Senate derermir-cd
Fjihagor^s robe meanr^Drefcrring ^'^i'- ^•34'
him in their judgements brforethe ^'^^^*
divine Soerltes:, wlrm thtir Gods
proncn x'dchewifdl.Somethi .k
him a lerr by b'.rtb^but moft cjgrie
thathee was much ccnvc'rlaoc a*
mongll chc Icarnedcr fovr^Sc Pri .!h
ofthj.tN^'ion , by ivliom !^e was
infornr-ci of many fecretFjand per- !
hapSjihisopitiion, which he vejind '
afterwards in Greece, whc^c h.. was
much oppofird by ^Irlfcitk ?n fome
Worded difputacions, bf^t nevci^
confuted by any fol^d rc^^on.
To thiiJ opinion of P)thagoraj
G cj'id

MY:

mm"* < /

82.

Plat, de

Macrob.
SomYhScip.

The difcolpery

did PUo alfo aflcnc, ivhcn hec

conlid^rcd that there was the like

eclfplc made by the eflKh^and thh

thar ic had no light of its ownc'

thnc it was (6 full of fpors. And

cherefore wee may ofccn rcade

in him sndhix followers , of an

I "^^^^^^^ ^^nv^and If^nares p0pkli^^n

Ub,uca.iv ^therea!h'arrh,and inhabitcrs io

the Moone; but afterwards this

was mixed with many ridici;]ous

fancies: f^)rlomeorchcm confide.

j rin^ rhc myflerics implied in the

number 5, concluded that there

o^uft neceffirily bee a Trinity

of wo'lds^ whereof the firft is

this of ours, the fccond in the

Moone whofe clement of water

is reprefcnted by the fpheare of

Mercury^ ihcmzhy Venus ^ and

che fire by the Sunne. And that the

M'holeU.iivtrfe might the better

^^nd in earth as it began, they have

contrived ic.that C^^r/fhallbea

fphcareofihefirc, lupiuroi Mt,

SatHrr.c of water ; and above all

thcfc,theElyfian fields, fpaciousj

and'

of a nerp World.

8?

Estwtei,

and pleafanc places ^ppoiatcd for
the habitation of rhofe unfpotted
foules, that dcher never were im-
prifoncd in^or t\Cc now have freed
themfelves from any commtrrce
withthe body. Scaliger fpcaking
o{i\\iSP Utomcklhv\c\^^qt4x in tres
truntes mund^m quaji ajjem dhi*
^fjthinks'cisconfucation enough^
to fay, Wi Plato's. However tor
the firft partofthis aflertionjit was j
afTcnced onto by many others, ard
by reafonofthegroCfatffjand in*
equality of rhisplaiet, 'cv/as fre-
quently called ^/^^^f^-T^ ccehftli^
as being eftefm<rd the (edimenc jj^fad^
and more imperfwft pare of thofe ' uru^
purer bodies, you may f-c thisj
proved by Tlutjrch , in that de- j
lighcfull work which he properly j
made for the confirrnition of this in^it-cii
particular, Wichhim agreed y^/- ^"'^'>^'^'*
m^»^ and ?/.;/;«///, later Writers. ^^^^['^^^^^
Unrothe(e I mightalfo addc the ^
imperfeft tefiimony o^Mihomet^ !
i ivhofe authority of grant can aude ;
'.hue little credit ro this opinion, j

1__ Q 2 t^li-^^i?

84

The difcoyery

bccaufc hec was an ignorant im-
poftcr , but yet confidcr that ori-
ginali, from whence hee derived
moft of his knowledge, and then,
perhap?, his witncfle may carry
with it fomc ptobablity. He i<5
' commonly thought by birth to be
anlfmaelite^ being inftruft:d by
the Jcwcs in the fecrcts of their
A^para^^j. Philo(bphy,and perhapj^lcarnd
^ ^y- ihis from thofc R.ibhits^ for in
his AlcAton ^ hce talkes much of
mountaines, plcafiinr fields, and
cle^re rivers in the heavens ^ but
becauft; he was for the niaine very
cufa.de nnkarned^ he was not able to dc-
do6lj^J,2* liver any thing fo diftioftly as he
c^p^i ^4 vvas informed. The Cardinall C«-
Januf and lornandus BunuSy hi Id a
particular world in every Scarrc,
and thereforeone of them defining
our earth, he C'caL^^itisjlcllaqm-
dam nohilij^ qua lunam & calorem
& injiticntum hahti altaniy & dl
V erf am ab omnibus aliis Jiellis-, a
^^ noble fiarre having a diftinft
^^ lighr^heatand influence from all

€

of a new World.

9f the reft.Uaco this mcholHiU^z
counrry man of ours was inclined^
when he Gid Aflrea terra, vatura
probahiihefii ^^Thu 'cis probable
^< ihe earch hath a ftarry nature^

Buc the opiuion v/hich I have
here delivered was more dircftly
proved by M^jlin Keplar^ and
Galikus^ each of them late wri-
cer!,and famous men for cheir (in-
gular skill in Aft^onomy. As for
thofe workesof MajlindLnd, Kep-
y^r wherein chcy doe raorcexprc/^
iy trearc of this opinion , I have
noc ycc had the happincfleto fee
them. However their opinions
app-are plaine enough from their
ownc wricings, and chetclVimony
of others concerning chem. Buc
hdiuf C^l'ar^ whom I have above
quoted^ fpcukirg of tht: ir ccftimo-
ny whom I notv zva for this opi-
nion, viz,, Keplar and GahUus
affirmcs chat to his ku'JwlvJge
they did but jcft in tho(e things
which they wrice concemicgthi?^
and as for any fuch vvorld,hc aflu-

0

»5

Vhllof.tpl
cur.fart^

454.

In Tbefibus

eiiJJhtat'Q
Ck>/i Nic,

us SydcUM,

J

i:'^

86

Clp.J.

The difcoDery

'^:^Si^=^

redly knowts they ncvrr fo much
an drtan.t of ic« But I had rather
belkvc their owne words>^then his
pretended knowledgf.

'Tis true indced^in many things
they doc but trifle, but for the
mainc fcopc cf thofe dUcourfcs,!
'(i8 as manifett they ferioi^flyi
rr cant it,a$ any indifferent Reader i
may ^afily difcernc ; otherv^ifc'
(lire Camfamlla ( a man as well
acqnainttdwichhis opinioni and:
pei ha; s his pcrfon as C£J4r was),
woild never have writ an apolcj-
gic for him. And btfidcs 'os very
likely if it had becne but a jcft^
Gal Uti^ vN'ould never have iuSi"
red (o much for ic as afterwards
he did. But as for the knowledge
ivh'ch hee pretends ^ you may
gutflc what it was by his confir
dcnce ( I fay not prefumpiionjin
other afferrions, and his boldfufii
in them may well derogate froro
his credit if) this. Forfpeakingof
Ttohmcs Hjpothe/ishQ pronoun-
ces this vcrdjft^ Im^^pbUcfJin"

J II

of a new World.

Cifitficornm & eptcjclommpefitio^
nee aliqt4is ejl ex Alathcmiticis
adeoflultus qni vtram illa^ exijlU
wet. '• The poficioa of Excen^
'' trickuzwA EpiQr/^?/ is altogether
^^impoflible , nor is there any
'* M4themaucian fiich a fooleas
*< cothinkc \: true. I Ihotild gaeile
hce could not hive knowledge
enough to maintainc any other
Hypochcfis who W3s (b ignorant
inMachemancks, as to deny chat
any g^odAuthourheldthis.For I
would f/ine know whether chcre
were never any thac thought the
Heavens to be folid bodiei , and
that there were luch kindcs of
moion as is by thofc feincd Of bes
fupplyed; iffo^thcn C^^^frli Gjl/a
was much miftaken, I chinkc his
aflertions arc equally trut! ^ that
G aliUu J 2ind Kephr did not bold
this , and thac there were none
which ever held that ocher.

But in my following difcourfe
Ifliall moft iniiit on the obferva-
tionof GaliUufy thcinventourof
G 4. thic

87

T»'<

>^ live, i",

\ bi

;n

The di(coVery

I hat famcHOS per fpt ft ive^ whereby
we may c^iiccrnc the heavens hard

by ui , wlicrtby thoft things
which Gihus have formerly gudt
ac ?renianJfeftedto theeyc^ and
pbinc'y difcovcrcd beyjnd (^
ccptioi) or doubCj of which admi-
rablc inven^ion , tbt f^ lacar a^xs
of the world may juftiy boaft, ad
for this txpt a CO be celebrated by
pollcricy.Tis related of £wJ.;.vtt/,
chit hcc widicd himfeif.* bunt
with P;^^^/^^ ^ To he m'ghc Hand
over ihe Sunne to coritemphte
i:3ri3[urt?; had hee lived iiirhcfc
dales 5 he might huvc en joyed his
vvifh ac an cofie rare , audfcaling
theli;:ave.)sbychisgla(L^, nr'ghi
plaiacly havAijfcerned v\'hacht:e
io iriuch dili ed. KeplarcuuCidi-
nog tbofe ftrai^.e discoveries
which this pifr/prftivc lud nuuV^'
could uoc choofc buc cry cue in a '
'^ratrc.^'znT.cix atjd rapiurcof adnJ-i
faiion. 0 mHlitjlifirn 6^ q:xoVu\
fcqtro prgtipfjui perfp/ci/Ur/^ ! a'^l
q-^^ te dcxtra tiHctAlk non dorAhUi \

c on- '

of iinew World. 1 89

■■' ' - - - • I I I I ■ iiiH I I

conflittiMitr rj>:rum Dei > And 7a- Oe f^a^uU
hames FabrkiK! iv\ cleginc wri- ^^^^^^ '^^^^*
tCL' V Ij-^Cciking of the (unt gLff;;,
ad tor this invcnrioti preferring
our 3gc before chofe former times
of greater ignorance ^ files thus ;
Adfofr^musfuperiorcJveterihns^ut
qujm illi earmhiis m^gict promtyj'
ciAitidc m^Jfjm reprepntajf.pntjri'^
turbos no*i tantnm imiocenter de--
mittamus^pdetiAm familiari que-
dam 'iKtiihu ejHS qn^Jt cojiditivicm^
mhtjmur. '^ So inwch are wee
'^ above the anclents,thc;cwht^rc»is
*' they were faine by thdr migicj !
'charms CO reprefeaccheMooncs
^^ approach, wee caniioc oncly
^' bririg her lower vvlrh a greater
*' innocence J bun n)?y alfo with
^' a more fair;i!iar view behold
" h^r condition. And bcciufe you
fhall htive no occifion to queltion
the truth of thofe experiments,
ivliich } (hal af erwardsurge from
ic : I will therefore fee dov/ne thii;
ttliimony of anene?J^.y, andiucli
a vjicncffj hiih alvvaies befne ac-
counted

I Vtphamm

•"^■f^'

counced prevalent : you may (cc

ic in the abovenamcd dtfar U

I (jdlla , whofe words are chtfe :

Af^YCurium cadaceum gejlantem,

ccelejisa nunchre , & mortuorum

ammas ab i*9fcris revccare fjpiens

I V ^ [fi^xit antiqnitas. GaUlddumvero

\{,'^r^t\0^\^^9Vtim lovif interpretem Tdejcopo

I'^'^^x^^^^ cadHcao iff/lruBkin Sjdera aperirc^

rTu^vI/^I-^ t^^^^r^w Philofophorum manes

W|ri.V%<x, \ ad fuperos revocare foUrs mj\u

(ttJS videt (^ admiratur. Wife

antiquicy fabled Mercury carry-.

ing a roddc in his hand to relate

ncvves from Heaven, and all

backethe fuulcs of the dead, but

it hath becne the happincflc of our

induftrious age to fee and admire

GaUUus diL- new EmbalTadourof

the Gods furnifhcd with his pcr-

fpcftivc ro unfold the nature of

t/ie Scarrcr-jand awaken the ghofts

of the ancient Pljilofophcrs, So

worthily and highly did thefe

I menefteeme cf this excdlcnt in-

I vcntion,

j Nowifyou would know what

" *v- - __._ 'li^''-

of a new World. '

mighc be done by thisghffe, in
the lig^t ot fuch things as were
neercrac hand, the fame Aathouf
will cell yoi», tvhen hee fayss, that
by ic ih'jfe thingi which could
fcarceac all bse difceraed by che
eye at the diftrincc of a mile and
a halfc, mighc plainely and dl-
ftidiSly bee perceived for 1 6 i a-
lianmiles, andch^taschey v^ere
really in thcmftlves, withouc any
tranfpofition or falafying at all.
So chat what the ancienc Pocfs
wcrcfaine co pucin a fuble , our
more happy age h^th focnJ out
inatruth^and we maydiTcerne as
farre wich thc(e eyes which G^/r-
Uus hath bcftowcd upon us, 2s
Ljnctm could vsich thofe which
the Poets actributed uato him.
But if you yet doubt wheth<^r all
rhcfi ob/Vrvacions were true y the
AmeAuchour mayconfirme you,
wh-n hcc fiics chey were fheived,
Kon uni ant alter I ^ fed q»4mplH''
ritxii^Kcj, gregarlu homv/ibiii»fd
prac$i^ut4 atj^ difci^UnU omynhas^

ncc

$1

ibH.c^*

Caf* u

"T7^

{

9i j The Difcoysry

I » . * ■ I

necnoTj Mathematics^ & epucis
I fr^ceptis^ optiwe injltutiis fednlk
\ ^c diligmti injpeBione. *^ Not to
j*^oncortwo^ but to very many,
I '^ and chofs not ordinary rrcn, but
i'^cothofe who were well versM
j^'in Ma":hematickesanci Opcicks,
I *« and that nor with a mce re glance
\ l^^buc wiih a fedulous and dili-

•'*^gent infped^ion. And leaft any
1 (cruple might rcmaine unanfvvc-
; rcd^ or you might thinke the meD
I who beheld all this though they
\ might be skilfull, yet they came
t with credulous minds , and ^^
J were more eafie to be deluded.He

• addes that ic was fhev/cd^ vins cjui
^'^' lad sxterime?2ta h£C contradicerid^

I arnmo accejferatJt, <^ To inch as
! ^^ were come with a great dcalc of
;''^ pr( j 'dice^and an intent of con-
, i'^trauiftion. Thus you may fee
[ the certairjety of thole exptri-

• mcots which were taken by this
: .elafle. I have fpoken the more
1 concerning ir, becank I (liall bor-
row many t! vMis in my farther

difco'jrfe,

^J

of a neyv World.

v-^MBM^V^ IB^aaWiiMBaaivaai 4V<anV<«MaaH« itai^ aw^Bavaw^W »>^Ba— —

difcourfe, from thofe difcovcrics
which were made by it.

I have now cited fuch Authons
both ancient 3n(J moderne, who
have dircftly maintained the fame*
opinion. I told youlikewife in
the propofition that \t might pro-
bably dc deduced from the tenent
of others ; dich were ArJJlarchuSy
PhMans and Qipcrmcur ^ vviih
many o. her later writers who ^t
Tented to their hyporhefis?, fo
lo^ich. KleliCHS^ David Origantts
LausbergtHS^GuiL Gilbert, iXn<i(ii
I nv^y believe CamnanelU ) Imm-
mat alii Angli & GalUXtxy ma>:y
others both Englifli andFrercli,
all who affirmed our Earth to be
one of tbc^ Planets, and the Sunnc
to bee the Cv-ncre of ali, abotit
u'hich the heavenly bodies did
move , and how horrid Pjev^r
this may fceme at the fii ft,yet is ic i
likely enough to he true 3 nor i^ j
there any maximeor obfervatioii
inOpticks f faich 'pf//j) rhiccan j
difprovcir. |

95

Apdl6gt4ffO

GaUUc.

-«•»«<.

94

K

The difco )>ery

N>w if our earth were one of
the Planers (as icis according to
them; then why may noc anotncr
i^f the Planets be an earth ?

Thus have I fhewcd you the
cruchof thi:» propoiirion : Before
I p^occedcfarcher , \h requifice
thai I informethe Rr.uder^ what
method I fliall foil >w in the pro-
ving of this chiefe alETfion , that
there is a World in the Moone,

The order by which I (hall bee
guided will b:^ that which ^rijfff.
tie ufcs in bis booke De mmdo (if
that booke were hi».)

Firft, <7^^-htfuTli oi ihoU
chiefe parts which arc in it; not
the elementary and?echereall (as
he doth there3 fince this doth not
belong to rht elementary concro-
verfie^but of rhe Sea and Land^&c.
Secondly, ^co^TiiJco^Ta^r', ofchofc
things Avhich are ey/r?.n(ecdll to it,
asthe feafons , meteors and inha-
bicart?.

Pro'p7'

of a ne^ World,

Propofition 7.

That thofe Jpots aftd brighter f4rts
rpbfchhy our fight way be M-
p%(4ifhed in the M)one , doe
Jhcw the diftrence betrpixt the
Sea and Land in that other
Wirld.

FOf the cleare proofcofthis
propofition , I (hall firft rec-
kon up and refute the opinions of
others concerning the matter and
forme ot thofe fpots , and then
flicw the greater prob«ibility of
this p^cfenc aflcrtion, and how
agreeable ic is to chat rruth^which
18 moft commonly received ; as
for the opinions of other concer-
ning thcfe^ they have beerie very
many, I will only reckon up thoie
which are common and r^^markc-
able.

Some there arc that thinke thofe
fpocs doc not arifi: from any de-

__ formicy

9%

9^

So Eidf in
a.de ¥.und.

De fubtlK

Thedifco))ery

- -HI ,■ ■■■ « ■ ■ I . ■ .

foimityofthepartSj bucadectic
of the eye, which cannoc at fuch a
diftincc difcerne an eq' iall I'ghc in
that planet, but (hcfc do but oncly
fay it, and fhevv not a ly reafon for
the proofc of their opinion: 0-
chers think that thcie f )mt: bcdies
bctwixi the Sjnne and Moone,
which keeping cff the Iij:;bfsin
fome parts ^ doc by their (liadow
produce theic fpocs which wee
there difcerne.

Others would have them to b?
the figure of themountair.es here
below reprefcnred there as in a
loolving-g!afie. Butnoneofchofc
fjixicscan bectrue, bccauic the
fpots J^rc fiil the Gmc^& not varied'
according to the difference off la-!
crs,and b^Rdcs^^Cardan thinks it is'
impclTiblo thit any image fhouldi
be conveyed fo farre as there to I
be reprefented unto us at (tichal
diftancCjbattiscoiDmonlyrelared!

o(Fjthagorasy that he by wiicirg,'
what W. picafed ina glalfcfjhy thej
rcflcxio of the fame fpecies^ would '

make thofe Ictten to appearc in
Che circle of chc M^^ne, whe:c
th^y ihould bs legible by any o-
chcr, who miohc ac thactiiucbc
fome miL'S dilbnc irom him. * A-
griff J affirmes this to be poffibi^,
aiidihe way of perfonnujt!: ic hoc
unknowne to hiinC.lte, wi h (onic
others in his tiine. Ic may be chat
oiir Bifhopdidbyche like m a xs
perf-nme thofe Grange co/jcKiU-
ons which hec proftiTcS in h'S
\Hncui itianimatMi whtrc ha
prcrendsthachec can inf. rme his
tiicrds of uhac he pleafcs^^ though
chcy beanhundrei n/ilisdidi- r^
firt ccti j;>7^ velmlUtdre mtllefimum^
tfiey a:e his owne wt^rds, aiKJ,
perhaps, a thcufind, and all i his in
a minu'^cs (pace, or lirtle mof.,
q'.iicl'er tha i tht S mne can move.
No'A'j what c^'nvcyince th.rc
fhcuM be for fo fpeeiy an-.iTif.c,
I cannot cnnccivc^ uril^-irc ic be
carried with chc light) tncn which
Wee know not any thing quicker;
but oi chii oneiy by Uicway-

H ho.v-

' Occulta. ad
PhiH. 1. 1.

9»

pUdt,phil,

civ:t. Deu

The Difco^ery

however^ whether thofe huages
can be re pre fenced fb ornoc, yet
cercalne icis, thofc fpocs are not
fuchreprffenta lions. Somethinke
chac whfn God had at (irft created
foo much earthtoraakea pcrfift
globC) not knowing well where
tob itow the reft, he placed ic in
the Moone, which ever fince harh
(bdaikentd if in feme parts, but
tnc impiety of chisis fufficient con-
futation:, fince it fb much detrafts
from the divine power and wilt-
dome.

The * Scoicks held that pLmct
to be mixed of fire and aire, and in
their opinion, the variety of irj
compoficion, caufcd her fpots;
y^/fjATMi^rr^thoi'ghtalltheflarres
to be of an earthly nature, mixed
with feme fire, and as for the
Si^nne, hcc affirmed it to bcno»
thifig fife but a fi^ry ftone; for
which later opitiion, the Aiheni-
ans fentcnc'd him to death ; thofc
2ealous Idolaters counting ic a
great blafphemy, to make their

God

"\\

of a new Wot Id.

God a lion<?5 whereas not wt^lian-
ding^thcy were fo feuflx^lTj in thdr
adoration of IdoUs, as to make .<
ftonc their God, this •yinax^gor^u
affirmed che M^onc to be murt
tcrreliriall then the ohtr, but of
a greater purity then any thing
here below, and ihc fpots hce
thoughc were nothing tlfe, but
fom^ cloudy p^rc?, in'erminglrd
with the light which bcI>nged:o
that Planer, b'j: I have above de-
firnyed the fuppcfuiono-i which
thi-i fancy is grcu ided : Tliry
chinkeschey arilefromfomedraf-
fi-^^ffe, mixed \vn\\ tha: moy-
fturc which the Moone acrrafts
unco her fc Iff, buc hee was lF
^^^ir opinion, who thought the
rtarrts were nourilhed by fern:
^archly vap-u'5, which yoa m^-y
commonly fee r^fncwd in cnc C^m-
mcn'jioTs on the b^(;ke5, dc C^h,
yuMh ind ^R^t'.rldHd afr^ifi'
fhe lpo;s to be tre thicker par's
^^ ^he M-one, into which trrr
Sa:^r:e cannot iriif- n^uch l.v,

99

.^:

100

te lunn eft

mn folum
fccundum
fuperfjaew^
jed eaam
ficunduni

caunui Cla-
ra^ f A (jua
auterti jarte

epaidi It ^ea-
ten s vbli li-
ra sndctuY^

cap, 1 1 .

The Difconjery

aiid chis (iay they) is the rcalon,
why in the Sunncs ediplcs^ the
fpocsand brighter pans are liill in
fume meafure diltinguifhwd, bc-
caufe the Simtie bcames are no-
able fo well CO penetrate through
tho(echicker,a8 they may through
chs chinrier parts of tha Planet,
Of this opmion alfo was C^^r
U GaS^f^ whofc words are thelf,
" The Moone do(h there appcare
^^cleareft, where (hee is tianipi-
^^cucus, notoncly through the
'<(iiperficies, but the (ubihrce
^'aUo, and there flie fecmwsfpo:.
"rtd, where her b' dy is idoII
"opicous. The ground of this
his alfercion was, bccaufc hec
thought the Moonc did receive
and beflow her lighc by ill^i-
mination onely, and not at all
by rcfl-xion, but this, toge-
ther wich the fuppofed penetn-
, cion of the Sunne bcamcs, and
I the perfpicuiry of the Mooncs
I body I have above anfwercd

land refuted.

Th?

of a ne^ World.

\o

The more common and gene-
rail opinion ij, chat the fpots are Mcn,mag.
the thinner parts of the Moaner, ^^'o^vn.
which are hiTc able to rcfl .ft the , ^^- ^'^•
btarnes chat - hty receive from the i colkg.con.
Sunnc, and 'his is mofi agreeable
to reafon, for if the Itarrcs are
therefore Drighreft, becau(etht:y
arc thicker a.:d more fuhd then
their orbes, then ic wil! follow,
that thole parts of the Moone
which hive lefl^^ l^g-f? have
alfo leffe thickencffr. It wn
the providence of nature (lay
forne)! hat foconrrived char planet
to hive t^efc Ipots within ir^ fjr
li'jce that isnecreli torhofc!c>w:.T
bodies which are fofullofdeior-
aiicy, \is rcquificc th^t ic (liould
in fome mealure agree u-ith them,
and as io this irifericur world thcj
higher bodies are the moil com-'j
plear, (u alfb in ihc hc^avens^fr-i
t^ftion is afc<?ndcd unto by de-
grees, and the Moone bctog the
lowwrt^mufl: be the leaft pur", and j DiSomnik
therefore P/?i/^ the Jew interprc-

H

ting

JOZ

^ aUg ex*

Thedifcoipcry

ting Ijcubs dreacne conccrn'ng chc
ladder, r'och in an all gory fh^w
how rhjc in the fabricke of the
world, all things gtowptrftfter
as they grow higlier, and this is
chc realon ((aith hee) why che
Moonc doih not confift of any
pure fin^plc ma:ccr, buc is mixed
wiihiirc, which fhtwesfj dark-
ly \viih:n her body.

But ihjs cinnoc be a fufficicnt
re.?ij[ , fur though it were true
th.r nature did frame everything
perh iter as ic was higher, yet is it
as ru', that nature frames every
tH: g nillv pcrfeft for that cffice
to ^-^hich fl^ee intends it. NoW;
hjdfhcJn^ended che Moonc mcer-
ly CO I . flf ft che Sunne bcamt s and
giv- hghr^che fpotsrhen had not
lo mucM ajgiicd h;:r provideace,as
hci U!>;skiItuL;cfff-' a'.d imptrfcfti-
or, ^s if in the hafte of ht^r workc
Hue could nof cell how fom^kc
ihjtb '^vrx.ft^yhr_,forthatefc
^o V hi hOir appointed ic.

Tjs iikcly ihcnihac flit had fomc

Other

of a nf^ World.

Other end which moved her to
proc^uce this variety, and ihis in
allprobability was her in(cnr col
mate ic a fir body for habicarion !
with the fame dd^^ veniencics of (ea I
and landj as this infcrlunr world \
dorh partake of. For fiice the I
Moone is fnch a vafl-, fuch a (olid
and opacoQS body lik^carearth
(as was above proved) why mi y ic
not be probable, chac chofc thin-
ner and thicker pans -ippean^g in
hfr, doe (hew the diferciiCc h^-
twixt the Tea '\K\ii land in chac other
world 5 and GaliUfu ii^^obiS nof^
butfchac if our earth were vifiJ^le
acchcfannc dlftancej tlitre would
bs the like appf arance of it.

As for the hirme of thofe fpot*^.,
fome of the vulgar thinkc they re-
prefenca man,anJ the Pocrs gutile
'tis the boy Eudtmiori^\'^hQ\zc .m-
pany (lice luvfsfo Willi, rharOitr
earring him wich her, others will
have ic oncly to be the faceot' a
I man as the Moone is ufually p ftn
jred, but ^/^tr/«^thinV'ts rather.

105

* Eufcblus

The dijcoipery

cbac ic reprdcntsa Lyon v.'ith his
tailc coivards the E>ft^ and his
head the Wcft^ and * iomc ochas
have thought ic to be vcr-. much
like a Fox,& certainly 'tis as much
like a Lvon as r ha^ in the Zo^ltni^t,
o? as J^r/^ wjjV is like a Bcare.

I fhould guclTe that ic repre-
fetits one of thcfe aswellasano
ther, end any thing elfc as well
<is any of theff, fincc 'cis but a
rtrong jm ginai lon^ ivhich fancies
fuch images as Ichook-boyes ufu-
ally doc in the markes of a wall,
whereas there is not any fuch fimi-
litu.^e in the fpots themfclvts,
which rather like our Sea, in re
rpcftcf the lind, nppearcs under
a rucked and confa/edfigure, ard
doth tvx reprefenc ary dfriii^
Jmage^ fo that b th in re/peftol
the macrer and the forir.c ic may
be probable enough, that thole
rpou anci brighter parts may Oiew
the dilHnftion betwixt the Sea
and Land in that other world.

Pfopoficion ^.

of a neyjp World,

lo,

Propofition 8.

The [pots reprefent the f^ta^ and
the bf^hter parts the Land.

WHcn I firft compared the
nature of otir eanhand
vvarer with chofc appcaiance^ )n 1
cheMocnc; I concluded copTjry
to the propofition^thic 'hv" brigh-
ter pans repieicnteci che uacr r^
apd chtr fpors che \m\c\ ; of 'hi? oj'i-
nion likcvvifc vvas Kep/ar ar the
firft^ but my fccond chouahts, a- d Qpt^^fim,
the reading of others, have now j c 6,num9
convinced me (as aftc^r h^ was j of i ^'//>'^ ('^^
the truth of chut [^ropofiion l'^^^'^^^^ ^^'•
which I have now fet dtnvnc. Rue
before 1 c^me co the connrnuc ion
of irj (hall fricitiOii chcie iciupks
which at lirft made meedoubcuf
che truth ot this opinion.

I. Iraiay beobjed^ed/tisprr-
b.^^ble^ if there be any f ch ka and
landasours ihati: b^arsfomc pro-
portion af.d limilicude v^'ich our*^^ :
but now sh.s Propohcion take? a-

u'ay

io6

Extrcit- j8.

Pf

The Dijcoyiery

••^■^^ I ■^MWM— ^■-kJK^ fcMMMWi^ «^»»»«»— ^il^l,^ ^__^

way all Jikcnefle bee wixt chctr/or
whereas the fiiperficies of our
earth is but the third part of the
whole furface in the globe, two
parts being overfpread with the
water (as Scaliger obfcrves) yet
here accord ing to this opialon, the
S:afhould be lefle then the Land,
fince there is not fo much of the
befpotted,as ther is of the enligh-
I teiaed parts^ v;hereforc 'tis pro*
j bable, that either there is rofach
j thing at all, or elfc that the brigh-
ter parts are the Sea.

2. The water, by rear)n of
the imoothnefie of its (uperficie?,
fcemcs becter able to rcfl.^ft the
\ Sun bcames then the earthy which
in moft places is (cyfuU of rugged-
nefleof grnffc and trees, andiuch
Mceimpedimenrsofrffiwftionjand
befideSjComon experience fi^ievvcs,
that the water (Lines with a grea.
ter and morcoloriousbrightncffe
[hen the earth, therefore it fhouM
feeme chat \ he \pois> are the earth,
and the brighter parrs the water.

But

of a ncvp World.

107

But to the fiift ic ra^y be an-
fwcred.

1. There is no great probability
in thisconfrquence, thacbecaufe
Vis (b wiih us, therefore ic muft
be (o with the parrs of che Moone,
forfincecbere is fich adifF:rercc
betwixc them in divers other rc-
fpeft s/hey may norjperhaps,agrce
in this.

2. That affcrtion of Scaliger is | Bt hUtterk
not by all tranced for a truth. Fro^ \^^* ^* ^-
wo^i^m with others^ thinke, that I * •
the fupcrficies of tbe Sra 2nd Land
in fo nuch of the world as is alrea-
dy difcovcred^is cqa^n^aad of che
famecxfenf^on.

5. ThcOibeof thicl'eari'lva-
porous aire which cncon^patTes
the Moone, makes the brighter
parts of(hat Pbner appearc big-
ger then in thtmCIvesihey arc ;
ai. I Ihill (hew afterwards.

To ihe feco. d it may be anfwe-
red, that rhough the vwttr b,- c f a
<mooih fipe/fic'.e^, atjd U may
fecme molt fie torevabtrare the

A:

\-:=

lighr, yctbecaiife Ms of a pcrfpi.
cuousnarure^thereforcthebeamcs
muft (idke inco ir, and cannot fo
ftrorgly and clearcly bercflcfted.
^kfit in Jpc>ctilo ubiflumbtim ahra-
jum funzty (Qich C^rdin) as in
Looki( g-glafJes where part of the
kad is raized off, and uorhing left
behind to reverberate the image,
the rpecies muft there pi(Tc
through and nocbackeagaine; fo
it is where the beamrs pencrrare
and fi.ike inco chc (iibftance ofthc
body, there cannot be fuch an im-
mediate and llrong rtfl flion as
ivhcn they arc bcatc backe from
the fapcrficies^ a )H thi?reforethc
Sunne caults a greater bcareby
farre upon the La. id then upon the
warer. Now as for that experi-
ment, where \\% fii J^that the wa-
ters have a orciarer brighcncff:
then the Lan i : I anfvvcr, 'tis
true onely there v-herc they ic-
prcfenc the image of the Sanne
or fome bright cloud, and not
^11 other places 3 a3 is very

plaine

}\

■■MMMauWMtlMI

oj atis'^'World.

109

I

DffahL'^,

nbiac by corrmon obfcrvaciop. i
So that no:wichftanding thole
doubts, yec this Propofi-ionmay
rcmaine true, that the (pots may
be the SiCj an J the brighter pares
the Land. Of this opinion was.
Plutarch : u uo him aflentcd Kep-*
hf and (j AiUuf^ whcfe words
arcthw('3 5i quis vetsrU'n Pytha^
zori-ornm fenterjttjm excufcujvc
vrln, If^namfcilicct ejfe ^f^jfi ten- ■ ^y^^,.^^.,^
Ycmalttrarn, 'jftspjrs I'^cidtoTtcr- ^

Ycn*im juperjicnm^ chfiurior verb
AqH^amniiQ^is corgrae r^pr^efc^tel.
Alibi Hit cm duhmm fJt nw qujm
tcrrffiiis glohi i lovgc cnr.fpeSi^^i^^
4 radiii joljTtbHs perfuji^ terream
ffipifficiem clariirem^ ebft'Ufiorcm
vero aquijm fefe i« coy^ffcSum
da^uram. ^' If any man have a
^'minde to renew the opinion of
"the PjthagoreaKSy that the
'^Moone is another earch, then
"her brighter parts mayficlvrc-
'^preicnt the earths fuperticics,
'^and the darker part the water :
" atid for my part J never doiibred

^^buci

I

I:

f

m

II o

oiiSP*:'*?^.f

TheDifcol[>ery

*' btit thic our earchly globe beinj
^^Hiincd uponbytheSunne, and
^' beheld at a great diQancc, the
^' Land would appeare brighceft
^' and ch e Sea more obfcurely,The
rc^fonsmaybe.

1. That which I urged about
the foregoing Chaprer, beciufc
the water is Che thinner parr, and
therefore muft give the Icfle light.

2. Becaufw! obfervaciontdsus
that the fpotrcd parrs are alwaics
fmoochand equally havingevery
whereanequaliiy of ligrhc, when
oncerhey are enlighrcied by the
Sunne, whereas the brighter pans
arc frjjl^of rugged gibbcfirtts and
mountaincs having miny (hades In
them, as I (hall (hew more at large
afterwards.

That in thi« Planet there muft
be Seagj CampaneHa indeavours to
firove out of Soiprure iwrxptt^
ting the ffiaters above tkd Fi ma-
^cnt fpcken of in Gcnefis to be
meant of the Sea in this world,
For (faith he) Ms not likely that

there

oj ane^World.

Ill

there arc any (uch waters above
the Orbes to moderate that heacc
which they receive from their
fwifc motion (as fome of the Fa-
thers thinke)nor did Mofa neanc
the Angells which may be called
fphituall waters, as Orlgen and
Aujlin would have ir3 for both
thete are rcjeftcd bychegencrall
confcnt : nur could hemcaneany
w;ters in the (ecoid region^ as
moft Commencatorrj interpret it.
For firft there is nothing but va-
pours, which though they arc
afterwards turned into water, yec
while they rcRiainc there, they
arc onely the matter of that ele-
ment, which may as well bs fire
oreartbjorairet 2. Thofe vapors
are not above the expAi3p4m^ bat in
if. So that hcethinkcs there isno
other way tofalveall, but by ma*
king the Planets ftvcrall worlds
wiihSea& Land^withfuch PtivcTS
and Springs^ as wee have here be-
low : Especially fince Efdra4
fpeakes of the fprings above the

Fir-

Confeffion.

iEr(!r4-7.

:4^

1 £ 2

Firmainenc, hue I can.oc agree
with him in this^, nor doe I th nke
chJC any fjch cbing an be proved
ourofScfiprurc,

Before I proceeds to the next
Pofrion, 1 (h:\\ firft anfwtrftmc
doubrs which mjght be made a-
gaint^thc general'cyofchi$truch,
whereby it may /ecmcimpoffible
chat there (honld beeicher S^a or
LandinrheMjone; forfijcefh;;
mov-sfofvvifcly as Aftronomcrs
oblervc, v^hy then does there no-
thing fdll from her, or uhydorh
tliec not rhake (bmething ou*by
ihs Celerity of her revolu ion ? I
aiifwer, you niuft kfK)VV chat the
inclination of every heavie body,
coics proper Center doth luffici-
ently tie U unro its place^, (ochat
r^ppofc any thing were feparaccd,
yet muft it necclfarily rcturnca-
gaine^and there is no more danger
ohhcir falling, into our world then
trerr is fcare of our falling inco
cheMoone.

But yet there are many fabulous

rchcions

rchcioas of (uch things as have
drupp«4 chence. There is a calc
I of the N^meanLyon that Hrrc«-
lesd^VJ^ which firft rufhing a-
|mor.g the beards ouc of his un-
j knownc dro in the Mouncaine of
j Cjtheron in Boeeilt^ the credulous
'people thought he was fciicfrom
i their Gcddtdc the Moone, And
I if a whirle-windc did chance to
(Iiacch any thing up, and after-
wards raine \i doiViie agaiac, the
ignorant multitude arc ape to be-
lieve tn^cicdiopf: from H:^ayen.
Thus /Iz/icennd relates the ttory
of a CdP; which fell downe in a
(tormc.che bdinldcrs thinking it a
Mooctilfcand chat it k\\ thence.
So Ca^ddn travelling U[ion the
ApeiiriucM-'nncaip.cSj a ftddcn
bUft tooke ofl his hit, which if it
had b:ene carryrd farre, !ie thi .ks
the pcafints who had perceived ic
jtofal!^ would havcfwofDC it hid
I rained hats, After fbme fuch man- !
j ner many of our prodigies com^-:
! to paffc 1 and the peoDle are wil-

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<^r.n^t,^1mtmmtm^<'<'■'■

114

I itk

The difcolpery

" » im^l .»»<

T 3

lipg ro believe any things which
f hey niay relate co others as a verv
ft'^ang^' and wonderfull erent. I
doubt nor but the Trojan PaUidu
urn ^ the Romane-/^iw€/t;^, aid
our Ladits Church at Lohuq^
with many ftcred rcliq»ies prtfcr-
vcd by the Papifts mij^hc oroppe
from the Moone as well as any of
thefe.

Burjicmaybe agaireobj fted^
fuppo/e there were a bullet (hot
upin ihac worldj would not the
Moonr runne away from ir^before
it could U\\ downe, fince the mo-
tion nf her body (being every day
round rs\xx earth) isfarre fwifccr
than I he other, and fb the bullet
muft be Irfr bchinde,and a: length
fall downe to as ? To this 1
aiifwer,

1. ]fa bullet could befhotfo
farre till it came to the circumfe-
rence of thoft things «irhich belong
to our center, then ic would fall
downe to us.-

2. Though there Tvcre Tome

^ heavy i

' '^^««4»*>«HinnMv«win9^

oja new World.

hcavicbodya grcac height in that
aycr, yet would the motion of i s
c«;ntrc by an attraftite Ycrcue ftill
hold ic whin i^8 convenient di-
ftance,tb that whether their ear* h
moved or flood fiill, yet would
the fume violence ca(^ a body from
ic equally farre. That I may the
plainer exprefle my meaning, 3
will fee do wnc this D.»a£iammc,

i a

Siippofc

■i^>MMBMMM

^M

1 5 I The diJco'r>ery

"V

■/

I Suppoft this earth were A,
wl/icb was CO move in the circle
QD. and Ice the bullet be fuppo-
<edacB. within ics proper verge;
I fay, whether this earth did ftand
(til or move fwifrly towards D,yec
the bullet would ftill keepe at the
Gme diftance by rcafon of that
Magneticke vertue of the center
(iflmay fbfpeake) whereby all
things within its ipheare are ac-

tratled

of a ne-Q? World.

cracked with ir. S^ that th:^ vio-
lence co the bvallec^ being noching
dfe buc that whereby *cis remo-
ved from its center j therefore an
eqiiall violence can carry a boiy
from its proper place , buc ^t an
(.qiall (iilhnce whecher or no the
center ftjind (lill or iiuve.

The impartiall Reader m^iy
finde ilifiicient fidsfaftlon tor (his
and (ach other argurnclics as my
be urged againftthe motion of th^c
earth in the wricingsof C^pfri?'-
cw and his followers, nnto whom
for brcvJc!cs fxkt 1 will rcferre
them.

Propofition 9.

That there arc high Aionntaws^
deepe v.tU'es^ a7icifp^cious pUincs
in thebodj of the M^om*

IT Hough there are (om? who

1 thi'ike Mja?na!nes to bee a

dtformkyinthecarchj as if they

I 3 were'

llj

-(*-ri

Pfal.ro^.

were eirht. r bearc up by the flood,
oreKc caftiiplike lo nuny heaps
of rubbifh left at the creation, yet
ifv;cll confidcred, they wjill be
found as much to conduce to the
beauty and convenicncy of tf^c
ii^ive/ fc as any of the other p^rcs.
N.4Uire (Oiiih Tliny ) purpofcly
framed them for many excellert
lifts: partly to tame the violence
of greater Rivers, to ftrcngthen
cerrai^e joypt. within the Vcinei
ai^d b jwcis of the earth, to brcake
the force of the Seas inundaion,
and for the ftfety of the earths in-
hnbirantsjwhrthcr beafts or meiu
That thty mi»ke rauch for the
prorcQion o{ bcafis the Pfilmift
Cc (iific^ , Ihe higheji hilt arf a re-
fuge fo)* ib^wildcGoatj ^ and the
rockcs fur Conicr. The Kingly
Prophet had learned the fafety
of ihefe by bisowne cxperieocc,
when he alio was faine to make a
mountaine his refuge from thf fury
^fhis Maft(r5^;</, whoper/ccu-

tcdbiminthcwildcrncfic. i

Tree'

of a. nexp World,

- ■ " . - '■ "' «

True indccd/uch places as thefc
kccpc their neighbours poorr, as
becing moft barren, but yet they
prefccve them fafe, as being moll
(Irong, witnefle our unconquercd
WaUs and Scotland. , whcfc grea-
ceft proteftion hath bccne the na-
turall ftrengthof their Councrcy,
fo fortified with Mouataincs,
that thefe, have alwaics been unto
them (lire rctraltes from the vio-
lerjce and opprtfTion of others^
wherefore a good A'lthour <-^och
rightly call them ni^ures bu!-
Witkcs caft np at God Almighties
owne charges, the Icori/es and
curbs ofviftorious armies, wh''ch
made the Barbarims in Cum^^^
fo confident of their owne fafccy,
when chey were once retired to
an inaccefliblc mountainc, that
when Alexanders Legate had
brought them to a parley and pc -
fwadiug them to yceld, told them
of his matters viftoric5, what Seas
and VVildemeffes hee had pafTtd,
they replycd that all that might

I 4 be

1*9

%

•^

Dcut. 33,

The dijcoDerj

be, but could Alexander fly eoo >
Ovtt rhe Seas he might h.ivc (liips,
c»nd over chc land horlb ^ bac hce
muft have wings b;rore he could
gee up thuhcr. Such fafety did
thofe barbarounjations cu; ceive
in che mountaines whcreunto they
were tetyrcd, cercalricly rhen fuch
ufifull pa-'ts ivere nor the eftft
ofmansiinne, or produced by the
Worlds curft che flood^but rather
ac the fiilt created by the good-
ncffe and providence of ch^ AK
mighiy.

So that if I intend to prove that
the Moone is fuch a hab'cabk
world as this is, 'cis rcquifitethat
I nn*w it to hcivethe fame conve-
nienc's of hablracion as this hath,
and here if foiiic Rabbi or Chy^
rnickewcre to handle the point
fhey would firli prove it out of
Scriprur.^ , from' th.^r pbcc in
Afokslh bltfli g^ v^^htre hee
fpeakes of the atci. nr moun-
tain's and laOing hils , Deut. 33

oj\i new World.

I li

for having imme.ii.itely before
mentioned thofe bLfH ^i^,? v^^'hich
(houldhjppen nninlofcph byrhe
infl'Jt^iKc ot die Moonc , h^^ dors
pieftntly ex^guicaJly vcf■^u■: the
in bl (li-g bim wirh the chie.4
tlmigsof the ancieiK Mo.]nt.:inc;s
and iafVn'g hiI^' • you m jy .ilf) /ee
the Q(v.e cxpretfiou u[,:d in Ijcobs

Bur however wc miy de.?Ie pro
orr/^«iri Phili«fopny,y"cvve mail
not )e(l: uuli ciivnie rriKi^f, or
bring Scripture! CO panroi i^.. ?ny
fancy of onr ownc,tiioug!% j.cr- j
hap?^ icbcrrutli^ For the \>c->U:y |
proofr of this propoii^i- n J niJj'tc |
here cifcrhe r^^fii.rony l Vi'd'j^ I
nif, \v!io chon^JK chc M>o'<^^ to
bte foil of rugipfed piao:s , vi^ut \
UYTSjinblis tHmulis ppirLi!iof.:/j^ \
b'lt he er^cd -laich iu (0:11. Circi; 'i- j
lUiicesoiMiis opinion, e/jnc aiiy j
v.hrr.^he (lies, rh:roiS3»i llh>d j

in^.hc>ie hi!s nuyro c!k* eye brJ j

p!ai.;Lly c'ifcovercii 5 and tor this \ ^^jy

^ ^"^ ' f\\

^ rx '^^

iZi

The Difcoyery

* Vfi,aut
/.i.r. If-

\vliitJepUc.

rcafon. * C£Vim calls him a fabu.
lou5^Writer,bucyou may fee more
cxprefl'e authority for thcproofc
of this in the opinions of Anaxa^
goras and Vemocrituf , who held
that this Phnet was full of cham-
pion grounds^ mountains and val-
lies, and this ftcmcd Hkcwife pro^
5 babk unto j4figf^fitnm Nifni^
\7hofe words arc thefe .• Forfitan
nt^n f/? temoitim dicerejun^ partes
f(fe diver fis^vthtifiint part est err^i

\ «i/rf, ex (jfSitrum differentia effici '
]prtej} fjciifS ila lundi • nee eft ra*
j lions dijfufihm^ nam lun:i tfl corpui
J irr.pcrfeUe Spl,\tricf^m^ cum fit cor^
: pus ak tihim^ ccelo elongatum ^ Ht
\/uj/ra dixi jirijioteles^ PerhjpSj
\^^\i would not be amiOc ro lay
I ^^ that the parts of ihe Moone
i *--* were divers, as the parts of this
^' r;irth,whercof fjme jrcvallieSj
I '' ar,d Coxn^ m juntaiacs^ from the
l^diffjicncc otwhichj fomefpots
j **in the Moone may proceed, nor
is this 3gainft rcafon , for that

« Planet

(C

<^ Plancc cannot be pcrfcdiy Iphe-
'^ricall/inc< 'tis to rcfiiotca b')ciy
«< from the fi^lt orbe, as AriJlotU
^^ liad faid before. You may fee
this truih aiT^ntcd untoby BUrica-
«/^the Jvlbit, andby himc >nfir-
nifd With divers realb.^s, K^pUr
ha h obfi.^rvcd in the M jacs
fclipfts, thac thedivifion ofhwr
cnlighcfcned pare from theftadcd,
was made by a crooked urcijtuK
linejOt which ihcfc cannot beany
probable caufcconcc^ived, uol ff,
icdid aiife from therugg di if:
ofchat planer , fcr ic cannor v all
be produc'd from ihc (h^d" of ;ny
mountains here npon e^nh , be-
caufc ihi Cz would be fo 1 : ih^A bv-
tore thev coold reach fo high in a
coiiicall (hjdow^ that they would
net be at all Gnfible untou^ T^s
mighteafiJy be demonrt rated) nor j
caj ic be conceired wh^t rcifon ot j
this difference there (hould be in I
the Sonne.Whereforc there being
no other body that hath any thing \
to doc in ecIipfi^jWC muft ncctiA- i

^^ Mundl
-^P^on, Opt.

rilv

i »^'4

The Dijco'^ery

\ mm\ ■■

■■ ■

nly corcludt^thaticisca'fedbya
vafkty of parts in \hi Moone it
frife ^^A what cm there be but its
gibbofiries ? Now if you fhould
askc a reaf)!! why there fliould be
ftch a iimilicude of thefc in that
Plincr, the fame 7<r^/?/^r (hill jcft
yod'ouc an anfv/erc, for fuppofing
(fiith he) tbofe inhabituics are
bii^ger thao any of us in the fame
I roportionjastheir daicsarelon-
ger than ours, viz. by fif(ccn times
icm<^ybcc for want of ftones to
ertft fuchvaft houfes 2i% were re-
qnifitc for their bodies, they are
faine to digj^e grexc and round
hollo wes in the earthy where they
may both procure water for their
thirft, and turning about with the
flude, may a^oid thofc great liears
which orhcTvvife they would be
Ivab!. tiPto; or if you v;ill give
CtUr Ja GrMa leave to gucill* in
the f-.Ti;.^ rn'3nner,hc vjould raiher
thinkihattbofechirfty nations call
up romany^ind fo great heaps of
earth in digging ohheir wine cel-
lars

of a ne^ World,

M

lars, bur chis onely by che way,

I fhall next prodtxc che cyc-
witneifc of GaUUM ^ on which I
moft of all 4ctjend for the prooL
of this Propofuion , vv hen he be-
held thcnewMoonechrough his
pirfpcftivejirspp^ared to him un-
der a rt g^ed and Ipotced figure,
feeming co have the darker and
enlightned parts divided by a tor
tuous line, having iome parcels of
light ac a, good diftance Iromthe
other, and this difference is {o re-
rrurk^blc, that you may c^fily
perceive ic throngh cni' of thofc
ordinary pi;ripc£tivvs^ which are
commonly fold amongft us , but
for your betCi!;: appr'hcndliig of
whn f dsilivcr, I wd! kcdowne
the F;gure as I jiad it in GallUt^is :

Nuncm

Suppofe

■ » I im ■■■«■

IZ'i

The difco y>ery

11 i

rt*? 1/ III 'lis jifl

Afftife ill

' 'i' '' III' "; U ' |l If J',''"

!Mi

N 1

!'"!

i

m

I'll

'lii'i

SoppofcARCD fo repn?fent

rfie appejnnce of the Mooncs
body btirgrafex i!c, you msy
fcefomc br);^hrer p^rts ftparafed
at a prer^y f^iibrcc from the other,
wMchanbfc poihingelfe biic a
n flex ton ofthc Sunne-beamcs up-
o^ fomc partstliac ^re higher rhcn
'hcri^fl^^ud chofeobfcure gibbo.

/ ofanc^lVcrld.

[firics which ftard out (owardsthc
I enlightened parrs mu!i bee fuch
boUo'^v and deepe j^Iaccs whereco
the rayes cannot rrach, but when
the Moone is got furrlnr off from
the Sonne, and come co th.u fuU
nefleifischis line BD doth repre-
fenc her under, then doc rhef^
pares alfb receive an cquail light,
excepting onely rhic difference
which do:h appe^re bet wixc chtir
fca and land. Andifycudoccn(i-
der how any rugged body would
appeare, being enlightned, yoa
would cafily conceive chic ic mnft
neccflarily fe^mc under (brae ftch
gibbous ur.ecjuall forme, a^ the
Mooncisherereprcfcnced. Now
forchcinfallibllicyot thefc appea-
rances,! (ball referre the reader to
that which hath beene faid in :he
6^^ Propofirion.

Bat Cafar la GaSj ?ffirmc?,chic
all thcfe appearances may confift
with a phine fuperficics^ if wcc
(uppofe the parts of the body to
be ferae of d)?mj VyiphjyoMyiip.d

. * fonn?

*•?

28

The difcoyery

ihat the light which is conveyed
to any diaphanous pare in a ol^inc
fapcrficies muft be Ny a co. tinaed
li'ie, w-^ereas here chcreappsarc
many b>ighc^r pares air^ong the
'^bicurearrme dKlance fromthi:
'dl. Tochishea fvvtrs^icmaya-
rile tf om foiTiL* (I. cr^t conveyances
and chjnnel? wichir; her b jcly^cbac
doc coi.fiii of a morcdi^phinoui^
rr;iiccr which being covered oyer
wi;h an cpuci^^ iisfnperficics, the
\^'^}^^z paflii^g ihrongh iiienr rnuy
brea?;c our a grc:ac way ofF, i': hcrc-
^s the orlier parts hcimxz may
li'll remaine darke. Juftasthc
tuviir ^mhnfa m Skilc which
ruoncs under ground for a great
^v>y, andafcrjnvards breakcs one
sgaiif. Four bfcrujlcchisiaoneof
rhe ch'Ciclt fancies whereby hee
chiakes hee hacn fully anfivered
cheargUT^ems of diisopimon^ I
will therefore fee downe his an •
f'werein hisownc words, lert the.
Reader n.ight fijfp-a: more in I
— - tht^n

of a new World.

them then I have cxprcffcd. No^
ejl imfojfibile cacos dutlus diaphatti
(frpcrfpicui corpdrify fed ^pacAfu-
ferficie protendt^uf^ tn dtapha>9jm
aliquam ex prof undo injaperficfem,
mcr^entem p4rte»fyper cjhoj dalim
lumen hf^go pojlmodnm intcrjituo
irumpat , drc. Buc I reply^ifthc
fuperficiesbccwixc chefetwo en-
lightened parts rcmainc darke
bccaufeof its opacityjchen would
iC3lwaifsbedarke,andthc Sonne
could not make it partake ofJight
more then it could of pcrfpicaity :
But this contradiQs all experience
as you may fee in GaliUtM , who
affirmcs that when the Sunne
comes nearer to his oppoficion,
then that which is betwixt them,
bo:h is cnlightaed as well as ei-
ther. N»ythisoppo(cshi« owne-
eyc-wicncffc,for hcconfefles him-
fclfethathc fiwthisbyth^glaire
He had {aid before that he came
to fee thofc ftrange fights difco-
vercd by G^/i/^^/ his gUirewiih
an intent of contradiftion^and you
K rnav

129

Cap* 1 1 .

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11

i*~Jk.

X3O

/

'\

The Di(co'very ,

1i^M^^i^^»^«i^W^— .^M^ ■ .l^»^1.» ■■■W.IM. .«Wi^— — — ^—

may rcadc that contircned in the
weakcntfle of this anfwerej
which rather bcwraycs an obftl-
nace then a pcr(wadcd will , for
otherwife fiire hce would never
have undcrtookc to have deflroy-
ed ilich cercaine proofcs wich fj
groundlejffc a fancy,

Bucicmaybee objefted, that
•cis almoftimpofTible,andalcoge-
ther unlikely chat in the Moonc
chece fhuald be any moantaines fo
high as chofc obftrvations make
them 3 for doe but fiippofe accor-
ding CO the common principles,
that the Moones diameter unto
the Earths is very ncere to the
proportion of 2. to 7, fuppoft
withall that the Earths diameter
containes about 7000 Icalian
niiles, and the Moones 2000 (as
is commonly granted ) now Gali-
/<««/ hath obfcrved that fome pans
have been enlightened when chcy
were the twentieth pare of the
diameter diftant from the com-
mon terme of illufliination, fb that

hence

hence it muft neceffarily follow \
that there may bee (bme Moun- 1
taincs intheMooncfohigh^ that
chey :irc able to caft a fhadow a
100 miles off. An opiuionthac
foiuids like a prodigic ora fiftion;
wherefore 'cis likely that either
thofc appearances are caufcd by
fomc what elli befides mountaiae?,
or d(c thofe are fallible obfer-
vationSj from whence naay follow
fuch improbable inconcciveabk
confcquences.

But to this I aofwerc;

I .You miift confider the height
of the Mountaines.is but very
lictkyf yon compare them to the
Icngch of their fhadowe?. S^.^^A
ttr Kan>kiib obfervcs that the
Mount Athos now called Lacoi
cafts its fhadow 360 furlongs,
which is above 37 miles 5 and yet
thac Mount is none of the highcft,
nay Solinus ( whom I lliould ra-
ther believe in this kinde)affirmes
that this MouDCaine gives his fha-
dow quite ovec tbc Sea, from
K 2 Mactaen

1. 1 1 .

lifZ

' The DifcQfvery

■■ ■ ■ ■ II ■ ■III. —■■^■■1 III! !!■ ,

MAcedon to the lie of Lemnos
which is 700 far longs or 84 miles,
and yet according to the common
reckoning ic doth fcarce reach 4
miles opwards^ in its perpendicu-
lar height*

3, iafSrmethat there are very
high Mountaines ia the Moone,
Kcflar and Galtltfis thinkc that
they are higher than any which
are upon our earth. But I am not
of their opinion in this , becaufc I
fuppofe they goe up^n a falfc
ground whilft they conceive that
the hjgheft raountaine upon the
carchis not above a mile pcrpen-
dicular.

Whereas 'tis the common opi-
nion and found true enough by
obfervation^that Oljmpuf:,t/itla$,
Taumt and Emns^ with many
othcrsare much above this height.
tinarifa in the Canary Hands is
proved by computation to bee a.
bove 8 miles perpendicular, and
about this height is th<t mount
Perj4caca in America. S^lPalter

of a neyfi World.

%aufUtgh (ctmtno thinkc, that
the bigheft of thefi is nccrc 30 ,
miles upright : nay Arifiotlefptz^ f!lT*^* '*
king of Caucafus in j^fia^ affirmcs
ic to face vifibic for 560 miles, as
forae inicrpretcrs finde by compu-
fation, from which ic will follow,
that ic was 78 miles pcrpcndicu*.
larly high, as you may fee con- ^^^P^^^'**
nrracd by Jacobus Maz^onms^ and' \^iatone
out of him in Blancanus the jc-| ScR.i.c.$
fuicc. But this deviates from the
tmth more in cxcefle then the o-
tber doth in d^kdi. However
chough thc(e in the moone arc not
fo high as fomc amongfi: us , ycc
ccrtainc ic is they are of a grc ac
height, and fome of them at the
•eaft foure miks perpendicular.
This I fhajl prove from the ob-
ftrvation of G^^/i/ifWf, whofcglafle
can (hew this truth tothcfcnfeSja
proofc beyond exception and ccr-
ciine that man muft needs be of a
moft timerous faith who dares not
believe his owne eye.
By chat perfpeftive you may
K 5 plainelyj

Expof.in
loc. MAtb*

148.

rif:ffi

I > I ■

154 The difcoipery

plainely difccrnc /bme cnlightned
parts fwhich are the mountaines)
to be diftant from the other about
the twentieth pare of the diarac
rer. From whence it will follow,
that thofc mountaines muft necei-
fatily be at the l«ft foure Italian
n^iles in height.

v^- A_ B

For let B D E F be the body of
the moone , A B C will be a ray
or beamc of the Sunoe, which
enlightens a mountainc at A and

Bis

5 is the poincof concir7gency,chc
diftance betwixt A and B muft bee
(uppofcd to be the twentieth pare
of the diameter which is an loo
raiks/or fo far are (bme cr I ghce-
I cd parrs fevered from the com-
mon ferme of illumination.Now
the aggregate ot the quadrate
from A 5 a hundred , and BG a
1000 will bee loioooo, unto
which the quadrate arifing from
AG muftbeequall according to
the 47^^ propoficion in the firft
booke of elements. Therefore the
whole line A G 19 (bmewhat
more than 104, and the di-
ftance betwixt H A muft be above
4 miltf Sjwhich was the thing to be
proved.

But it may beagaine objefted,
if there be fuch rugged pares , and
fo high mouncaines, why then
cannot wee difcerne them at this
diftance, why doth the m jone ap-
pearc unco us fo cxaflly round,
and not rather as a wheele with

teeth >

K 4 I

I anfwercjby reafon of coo gxtat
a diftancc, for if the whole body
appearc to our eye fo little , then
thofe parts which beare fo fmall a
proportion to the whole will not
at all be fcnuble.

But it may be replied, if there
were aoy fuch remarkcable hils,
why docs not the limbc of the
moone appearc like a whcele
with teeth to thofe who looke
upon it through the great per.
Tpt ftive on whofe witnefleyou fo
much depend? or what reafon is
thtfethac ftie appearesascx^Sly
round through it as fiiee doth to

the bare cye?certainely then either
there IS no fuch thing as you ima-
gine, or tKe the glafTc lailes much
in this difcovery.

To this I fhillanfwerc out of

I, You muft know that there
is not mcercly one ranke of moun-
taines about the edge of the
moone, but divers orderi, one
mountaine behind another, and

fo

/

of a ne'So World.

fo there is foraewhat co hinder
chofe void fpaccs which oiher^
wife,pcrhap8^ mig^t appearc.

Now where there be many hils,
the ground fcemes even f o a man
thac can fee the tops of all. Thus
when the fei rages, and many
vaft waves are hticd up, yec all
may appearc plaineeaough co one
chacftandsatchcfhore. So where
chere arc lb many hi!s,the insq'i>
licy will br leflTc remarkable, if
it be difcen^ed at a diila: ce,

2. Though thti c be mountains
in that part v^hich apprarr^ unto
US, to be thelimbeofcheMjooe,
as well as in any other place, yet
che bright vapoars hide (heir ap-
pearance : for thtrc is an o;be of
thicke vaporous aire chac doth
immediatlycompaffe fhcbodyof
fhc Moone, which though it have
tloc fo grear opacity, as to termi*
nacc the fighr, yec being once en-
lightened by the Sunne, ic doch re-
prcHnt the body of the Moone
lender a greater forme,andhind'r«

our

■m y

138

The Dijcolpery

our fight from a diftinft view of
her true circutrfcrence. But of
thi8 ia the next Chapter*

I have now fufficiently proved,
that thcr? arc hills in the Moonc,
and hence it m^y (ceme likely that
there is alfo a worId5for fince pro-
vidence hath fonjc fpeciallendin
all its workeSj certainly then thcfe
mountaines were tiot produced in
vaine, and what more probable
meaning can wee conceive there
(hould be, than to make that place
convenient for habitatioa.

Propofition 10.

That there is 4* Atmo^fphiZfa^ or
an orbe of groffe vaforous aire^
intmtdiately tncom^ajjingthc bo'
djofthc Moouc.

A S that psrt of our aire which
j1\ is ncerert to the earth, is of a
thicker (iibftance than the other,
by reafon tis alwaics mixed with

forae

of a neyp World. I 159.

fome vapoars, which are cocirina-
allycxhaledintoit.So is; ir equally
requifice, that if there be a world
intheMoone, that the aire about
[hat fliould be alike quahficd with
ours. Now, that cl''ere i^ fucb an
otbc of groffe aire, was firll o( all
(for ought I can rcad^) obfcrved
by Mejlin^ afterw.irdf aif.occd un-
to by Keplar a'^d Galil^w^ a.id ' K/J^Eufeb.
fince by Baptifta CifatHs,Shemr\f^^^^^
wiih other J, all of them confir- !/, . ,,
ming ic by tne lame atguniencs
which Khali onelycire^ d.nd then
leave this Propolition.

I. Tis oblcrvcvij that To much
of the Mijonc as is cnlighce' ed^ is
alwaies part ofa bigger circh then
chat which is darker. Their fre-
quent expc'rii^ncQ hacli pro\?ed
this, and an eati^ obfervation may
quickely confirmc ic. But now
this cannot proceed^? from any o-
thcr caufe fo probabIe>as from this

orbe of aire, efpecialJy when we
confidcr how thi^c planet (hining
wicJi a boirowcd light, doth not

fend

nmm

i4o

V

pars %, M7«

The Di/colPery

fend forth any fuch raycs as may
make her appearance bigger then
her body,

t. 'tis obfcrvcd in the Sola^
cclipfeSjthat there is a great trepi-
dation about the body of the
Moone, from which we raay like-
wife argue an Atmofphzn^ fincc
we cannot well conceive what fo
probable a caufe there fhould be of
fuch an appearance asthif, §Hod
radii SoUres a vaporihm Lunam
amhicntibHS futrint imercifi^ that
the Sun beames were broken and
refrafted by the vapours thaten*
compaffcd the Moone.

3. I may adde the like argu-
ment taken from another obferva-
tion which will be eafily tried and
granted. When the Sunne is
eclipfed, wee dilcerne the Moone
as (hee is in her owne natural! big-
neGc, but then fheappcaresfbme-
what IcflTc then when fhee is in
the full, though Ihe be in thcfamc
place of her fuppoftd excentrick
and epicycle, and therefore T;^/?^

hath

oj a neT0 World.

hacb calcuUied a Tabic for the
Diameter of the divert new
Mooncs. But now there is no
realbn (b probable to Give this
appearance, as co place an orbe
of thicker aire, necre the body
of that planer, which may be en-
lightened by the reflsftcd beamcs,
and through which thcdircft raics
may ea&ly penetrate.

Bat forne mayobjeft that this
will not confift with that which
yjti before delivered, where I laid,
that the thinncft parts had Icaft
light.

If this were true3 bow comes
it to paflTi then, chat this aire
fliould be a$ bright as any of the
other parts, when as tis the thin-

nettofall?

I anfwcr, if the light be re-
ceived by rcfleftion, then the
thickeft body bath moft^ becaufe
it is bcft able to beate backeche
raies, but if the light be received
byillumination(tfpeciaHyifthere

be an opacous body bshirrde,

which

I4I

flfi/JV.T,P.f
§»t.

I

I4£

The Difcolpery

which may double the beamcs by
reflexion^ as it is here, thcnlde.
ny not buc a chinnc body may re-
raine much light, and perhaps,
lomeof thofe appearances which
ivee take for fiery comets, jre no-
ticing clfe b::it a bri^hc cload
enlightened, fo that probable it
is, there maybe fuchaire wichouc
the Moone, and hence ic comes to
p^ffc, that the greater fporg arc
onely vifible towards her middle
part»3 2nd none neere the cir-
cnmfercnce, not but that there arc
fomc as well in thofe parts as
elfc where, but they are not there
perceiveablc, by reafon of thofe
brighter vapours which bide
them*

Propofition

*"*W««HSlW-__^

of ane'^World,

4J

Propofition ii.

That M their world is our CMione^
fiourworUh ihiir Mo9ne,

I Have already handled the firfl:
thing that I promifed accor-
ding to the Method which Ari'^
flotle ufes in his Bookc de Mundo^
and(hew*d you the mcetfiry parts
that belong to this world in the
Moone. In the next phce 'cis
rcqciifice that I proceed co thofe
things which arerxtiinfecalluu-
to ir, as the Scaibuii, Uic Me-
teors, and the Inhabitants.
I. Of the Seafons;

And ifthcrcbefuch a world in
the Moone, 'fit' requifi^c then that
their jfeafons (hould he (()mew^y
correfpondenc unto ours, that
they fliould have Winter and
Summer, night and day^ as wee
have.

Now that in this Planet there is
Tome Crailicudc of Winter and

Sum-

1 <

•B^

which may double the bcamcs by
reflexion^ as ic is here, then I de.
ny nor bu( i chinne body may re-
raine mnch light, and perhaps,
iorneof thofe appearances which
wee take for fiery comets, are no-
thing clfe bat a brie;hc cload
enlightened^ Co that probable it
is, there maybe fuchairc without
the Moone, and hence ic comes to
paflV, that the greater fpots arc
onely vifiblc towards her middle
parts, and none neere the cir-
oimfercnce, not but that there arc
(bmc as well in thofe parts as
clfe where, but they are not there
perceiveable, by reafon of thofe
brighter vapours which hide
them*

Proposition

o/aneyoWorid.

Propofition ii.

That at their world is oar LMttne.
Coettrworldii their Moene,

I Have already handled che firft
thing that I promifed accor-
ding CO the Method which .d?ri-
flotlc uiis in his Bookc de Mundoy
andfliew*d youthenrcelfiry pates
chat belong to this world in the
Moonf. In the next pljce 'cis
rcqnifice thit I proceed co thofe
things viyhich are cxninfecall un-
to ir, k's the S^'afbriii, Uic Me-
teors, and the Inhabitants.
I, Of the Seafons;

And if^herebefuch a world in
the Moone,Vu;requifixthen chat
their (eafbns (hould he fomeway
correfpondenc unto ours, thit
they fliould have Winter and
Summer, night and day^ a3 v/cc
have.

Now that in this Planet there \%
fome fimilitude of Winter and

Sam-

4J

w.. Jgn

Dc yn. dni-

FUt.defac
Dc riMturd

The Difcolpery

• ^Ma^>a.%ia

Siimmrr is affirmed by jiriftoth
himlclfc, fincc there isonehemi-
fjjhcare that hath alwaks hcatc
and light, and ihe other that hach
da kaeflfeandcold. True indeed,
their daks and yeensarcalwaics
of one and the fame lcngch,buc tis
(b with u8 al(b under the Poles,
aid therefore that great difFireoce
is not (uffidcnc to make it alcoge.
rher uuIikc ours, nor can we ex*
p' ft that every thing there ftiDuld
be in the lame manner as it is here
below, as if nature had no way
bni ^nc to br'ng about hcrpur^
pofes* Wee may eafily fee what
g eac differences there are amongft
us, betwixt things of the fame
kmde. Some; men (fay rhey) there
are, who can live onely upon
(mells^wiihout eating anything,
and the fame Plant, faith Btfoldm^
hath fomecimcs contrary efFefts.
M^^idr agora which growes in ^j*
fia\ flaines the Iu(i,wheras Jllan*
\ dragora wh'ch grows in ochcr pla-
ces doth coole the blood & quench
luft. Now

of a new World.

Now if wich us there be ^uc^>
great difference bccwixc thing? of
chefame kinde^ wc have no reafbn
then to ihinke ic neceffary that
both the(e worlds fhould be alto-
gether alike, bucicmiyfuffice if
they bee correfpondenc in fome-
thing onely^ however ic rjiay be
queftioned whether ic doth not
feeme to be againft the wifedomc
of providence^to inake the night
of to great a length, when they
have dich a long time unfit for
vvorke ? I anfwereno, fincc tis
fo , and more with us al(b under
the poles; andbefides, thcgene-
ralilength of their night isfome-
whac abated in the bigntfle of
their Moone which is our earth.
For this returnes as great al'gh-
unto that Planet, as ic receives
from ic.Bac for the better proofe of
this J fhall firft free the v;a7 from
ftch opinions asmigl^c oiherwife
hinder the fpeedc of a clearer
progreffe.

Plmarch one of the chiefc pa-
L trons

^^4

Vlut.defac>

In hit.

1/^

r

14^

The dijco^ipery

trons of this world in chcMoone,
doth dlrcftly concradift chis pro-
pofition J affirming, chac thofc
who live there may difcerncour
WOT Id as rhe ^reggcs and fcdi-
ment of all other creatures, ap-
pearing to tbcm through clouds
and fo^^gy rnifts, and that altoge-
ther devoid of lightjbcidg bafe and
unmoveablc, fo that they might
well iiragine the darkc place of
damnation to be here fituatc, and
that they oncly v;crc the inha-
biters of the world, as being
in the raidft betwixt Heaven and
Hell.

To this I may anfwcre, *ns pro-
bable that Plutarch fpake this
inconfidcratcly, and without a
rcafon^which makes him likewifc
fall into another ab(urditiej when
he (ayes our earth would appcare
immoveable , whereas qucliion-
lefTc though ic did not, yet woiiid
it fccme to move, and theirs to
ftand flill , as the Land doth to a
man in a Shippe ; according to

that

thac of the Poet :
Trovchimtir fortu^ UYf<£^j mhfj.
reccdnnt*

And I doubt not but chat inge-
nuous Auchour would eafily hav.^
recanted if hre had becne but ac-
quainted with thofe experiences
which me:i of latter times have
found out, for che confirmation of
this truth.

2. Uuto him affents IlUcrohist4^
whofe words are thcfe ; Terra ac-
ctftofolU luminc clarcfcit^ tamtHm-
mQdo ^ nonrelHcct. *' Tnecar^h
**is by the Si^nne-bt^ame^ made
''brightjbuc not able to enlighten
*^ any thing fo fa^re. And lus
rcaionis, becaufcthis being of a
thickc and groffe matter, the light
is terminated in its fuperfici^rs,
and cannot penetrate into the
fubftanccj whereas the moonc
doih therefore ftcmefb bright to
u% becaufe it receives the blames
within it (elfe. But the wcakn^-ffi^
of this aflertion, may bseealily
n^anifcft by a common experience*,

I. 2 n:^r

MS

.

The Difcorvery

^' ■■ I

C.4*

for j}oli(hcdliccle (whoreapacicy
wU not give any admittatjce to
the laycsj refl .ft»a ftrongcrhtacc
then ghlfej and io conlequcncly a
greater light.

3. *Tis cht? generallconfentof
Phih'fophers, chut the rcflftion
oF the Sunnc-beamcs from the
earth doth not reach much above
halfe a railc high , where they
tcrmi^^ate the firlt region 5 fo that
CO c^ffi m- they might afccnd to
the moone, were to f^y, there
werebut one region of aier^which
contraciftsthc proved and recei-
ved op!:^ion«

Unto this It may be anfwered :
That it is indeed the common
confent/hat the reflexion of the
Sunne-beamcs reach onely f o the
(econd region, but yet fome there
are, and thofc too Philofophers of
good note , who thought oiher-
vrife. Thus flninw is cited by
C^H^s y Si corjcipiof te in jublimi
cjuiif^am mutidi loco^ undc oculU
(nbjiCiatUT terra nicies aqnid ar-

cumfnfi*

,''gr^:-'-'.- jyiili)

WW».»PI>W|S»5

iil«M|i(«"W«nillM»«

of a ne^ World,

149

ihjirAta^ fton alum prafecio vifam
iri trohahile eji ^ cjuam q^AlU modo
vifdtur Innaris globf fpecies. ** If
f' yoia did conceive your fclte to
^^bee in feme Ibch high place,
<^ ivhere you raighc difccrne the
^nvhole Glub(i of the earth and
^^ water, Vjhcn it wascnlighcned
^' by (he Sunnes raycs,'fi3 probabl-
^« it would then appeare to you in
^^thc fame (h^pe as tl^c moone
•'doth now unto ns. Thus aifo
Carohs Mtlafemns , wbofe I P///if.tfi
words are rhele, 'terrii btc ?ioJ}rj 1 ^uftt'm
a in luna confliiuti cjfemtis^ fplea* (x^*
dida prorfus quafi non iguobilU
planeta^riohU ^ppAterct^ ^' If wee
^' were placed in the moone, a id
'ffrom thence b.held this our
'^car'hjic would jppeareuntous
^fyery bright ^ like one of the
'^ nobler Planecs. Unto tl^fc doch
Fromoridiis S^Vit^ wheahe five's,
Cndo eqaidem quod ji ocuhiS qiiif-
fi.imin Ofbe Innari foret ^ globttm Meteor.ii,
terra Cfr aqfi(Z iufl^rmgentUfydens j c.^,drt,^.
L 3 ^fl'^l

l^O

The difcoDery

a joU iOftflrem confficeret. << |
''believe thaccliis globe of earth
''and water would appcare lilce
"/bme great S:arrc to any one
''vvhoflioiild looke upon it from
'^chcmoone. Now this could not
be ; nor could it (hine fo remark-
ably, unlcffethc beames of light
were rcfleiled from it. And chere-
fureiheiame F/'^mW^cxprtfly
hoMs, that the firft region of ayre
is thtfe ter?ninated, where the
heacc caufcd by reflexion begins
tolanguifb, whereas the bcamcs
rhcmfl'Jvesdoe palTea great f/ay
furihcr. The chicfe argument
which doth moft plainely mani-
feft this truth, is taken from a
common obfcrvadon which mayj
b^ cafily ttyed.

\^ yoa behold the Moone a
little before or after the conjun-
(5i jon.w'hcn (Ik is in a Textile with
theSunne, yon may difcernc rot
onely the part which is enlight-
ned, but the red al(b to have in it
a kind ofa duskift!ight,burlfyou
..^ chufej

II »n Hill iii>wiwff«

of A nexo World,

chufeout fiich a fcicuation, where
(brae houfe or chirancy ( being
(brae 70 or 80 paces diftam from
you) may hide from your eye the
enlightned homes , you may then
difcerne a greater and more rc-
markeablc (hining in tho(e pares
unto which the Sunnc bcames
cannot reach- nay there is (b great
a light J that by the hejpe of a
good perfpeftive you may dif-
cerne its (pots. Info much that
BUncavuf the Jefuite fpeakingof
it fayes ^ H£c experhntia ita me
diquando fcfcUst , ut in huncpil-
g^rem cafn ac repents inciderjs^ ex*
ifiimayfm novo quodam miracuh
tempore adoUfcentii lHfi£pthifne[fc
^Umltiuhtm, f' This experiment
"did once fo deceive mee, th.K
*^ happening upon the fight of this
*' brjghtnclle upon a iudden, I
*^ thought that by fome new mi-
^^racle the Moone had beene got
'^ into her full a little after her
*^ change.
But now thislightisnot proper
L 4 CO

I5«

De mundi
falf.p.3V*S'

^

l(yX

Pmyrr, i .

l.to.c.y

the dijcoyery

from the rayts of the Sunnc which
doth penetrate her b^jdy , nor is
ic canfcd by any other ot thePh^
nets and Scarrc s.Therefore ic muft
ncccfiarily follow, that ic comes
from the earth. Thecwofirftof
ihele I have already proved , and
as for the hft, ic is confidently
.iflfirmed by Caliuf ^ Quod fi in
dijqfi jitioncm evocet <juu ^ an
iHriarifyderi lucemfoeHtrent flanet£
item alii, ^jftvtranter afiruenium
nonfcemmre^ 'Mfany fhouldaske
^^ whether the other Planets lend
" any light to the Moone; lanfwcr
^* they doc nor. True mdeed^the
noble 73'c/-^(?difcniTing rhc rcafon
ok this Jigbc accribucfcS ic to the
Pl^iet Vcnw ^ anJ I g^ant ihic
this may convey fomt lighc to the
Moonc, buc that ir is not the
caufe of this whcr. of wee now
difcourft, isoficfclfe fufficienily
plune,bccay(e'L'r^;;^is kxv.t imcs
over the Fs'Ioone^ when as fiiee
cannot convey any Jighc to th^r

par:

./ :

of a neyp World,

'«•>••'««<•«••

Ic doth not proceede from the
fixed ftarreSjfor then ic would re-
tiinc the Gm^ light in cclipfcs,
whereas the light at (uch times is
more ruddy and dnil. Thenalfo
the light of the Moone would
not be greater or Icffer, according
CO irs dittarxe from the edge of the
earths (hadow, fince icdid at all
times equally pircicipatethis light
of theltarrcs.

Now becaufe there is no otlier
body in the whole Univerfe^ lave
the earth, ic remaines that this
light mull neccflarily be cauf^d by
that which with a juft gratitude
rcpaies to the Moone^ iuch il-
lumination as it rtccives from
her.

And as loving friends equally
parcicipate ot the fame joy and
griefe, fo doe tWi: mutually par-
take of the fime light from the
Sunne , a/)d the (amc darkcnc/fs
from the eclipfe?, being alfj feve-
rally htlped by one another in

their

M5

uminmmmiiimtmtmn

i»pwi»»pwWW»Mt^«w«r«

!IJPH<<^-. -'^

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N 1

54 I TheDifcoyery

their greatcrt wants : For when
the Moone is in conjunction with
the Sonne, and her upper part re-
ef ives all the light, then her lower
Hemifpheare (which would o-
therwife be altogether daike) is
enlightened by the reflexion of
theSunne beamcsfrom the earth.
When the(e tvvo planets are in
oppofition, then that part of the
earth which could not receive any
light from the Sunne beame?^ is
moft enlightened by theMoone,
being then in her full 5 andasfhe
doth moft illaminate the earth
when theSunne beames cannot, fo
the gratefull earth retfjrnes to her
as great, nay greater light when
(hec moft wants ic ; fo that al-
waics that vifiblc part of the
Moone which receiv(?s nothing
fion^ the Sunne, is enlightened by
the earth^as is proved by GjUUhs^
with many mere argiitnents, in
that Treatifc which hccalls Syj\t-
m^mwiJii. Trueindced^when the
Moone comes to aquarale,thcn

^

of a nevp World.

you can neither dilcernc thjs
light 3 norycc the darker pare of
hct body, but thereafon is^ bc-
caufc of the exaperancy ol: the
light in the other parts, ^ip^
p i^HJiratum medium (pcciem
recipit valentiorem^ the clearer
brightnclFcj involves the wea-
ker, it being with thefpc^cicsof
fighr, as it is with thof'i of fuundj
and as the greater noifedrownes
rhc Icffe, lo che br/ghccr objfft
hides that vvhich is more obfcjre.
Bii?: they doe alwaies in their rr.u-
cu'ill vic TTicudes participate of one
anotbers light; lo alfo doe ^h',^y
partake of t!:c fame dtufts and
darknings, for when our Moowe is
eclipfeJj iheniJ their Sanne dar-
kened, auil when our Swnne is
eclipfed, then isthcir Moonedc-
priv^.^duficsligbr, as you may Qe

'55

m^m

Seal cxerc.
6u

afi

umed byMf/7r>i. Quod ft ter- \^?^^'A^'^*
m nobi^ ex alto Itcertt tntueri^] ^^

j qu.madmoditm dejicicHtem larum I
I ex longlnqm fj^xijre pojfftmm^vi^ \
I dercmui tcmpire cclipjis foils terr^ \
\ a!iqHJ>n \

156

The Vi/co'Very

aliquam partem lumwe fi/if defi'

cere^ eodem fUne medo pent ex

oppnfito lunn defcity " It wee

" might behold this globe of earth

*^ at the (amc diftance as we doe

*^the Moonc in her defefts^wce

"might difcernc fome p^rc of it

** darkened in the Sunnts eclip-

" fcs , jdft fo as the M »one is

^' ii) hers. For as our Moone is

cclipfed by the inrerpofition of

our earth, lo is their Moone cclip-

ftd by thcinterpoficionofcheirs.

•

The niannerof this mutuallillu-

niination betwixt thefe two you

may plainly difcernc in this Figure

following.

'

Where

r^

_.^,eg-'?*^:

158

The difcoyery

Where A reprefencs the Sun,
B the Earth, and C theMoone'
NowfnpnofetheMooneC to be
in arextiieofincreci(e,whentherc
is oncly one fmall p^rt of her body

enlighccnrd.chcn Che earth B will
have fuch 4 pare of if s vifiblc He
mifph-^arcdarkenedj as is propo?.
lionable to that pare of the Moonc
which is enlightened; and.isfor
fo much of che Moone, as the Sun
bcames cannot reach unco^ ic re*
cdves light from a proportional]
pare of the earth which fliifies
upon ic, as vou may plainly per-
ceive by the Figure,

You fee then that agreement
and fimihVude which there is be-
twixt our earth arid the Moonc.
No w the grraicft difFcrencc which
makes chtmnnlikej is thi?, that
the Moone enlightens our earth
round about, U'hereas our earth
gives light otiely to that Hemi-
fpheareofthe Moone which is
vifibic unto us, as may be cer-
fainly gathered f rooj the conftant

appearance

of a nc^ World,

^pearance of the fame fpots^
wnich could not thus come to
pafl^, if the Moone had fuch a di-
urnallmocion about its ownaxiSf
as perhaps our earth hach, A'ld
though fomr (uppole her to move
in an epicycle, yet this duth uoc
fj tun e htrbody rounds that we
may difccrne both Hemilpheares,
for according to that hypochcfisj
the motion of her cccentrick,doch
turnehcrface towards us^asnioch
as the other doth from us.

Buc now if any quefiionwhat^
they doc foe a Moone who live |
in the upper pare of htx body?{
I aofwcr, the folving of this is j
the moft uncerraine and difficulc |
thing that I knoio of concerning i
this whole matter. But yet Ij
will give youtwoprob;iblecor,- \

jcdures. I

I. Perhaps, the upper Hcmi-
fphcare of the Moone do:h receive
a fufBcient ligt t from thofe pJa-ecs
about ir^ and amongft thefe Venus
(it may be) btftowcsamorce/pe-

ci:*J!

59

6o

I

TheDifcolpe^y

ciall brightnrff^ finer GAil^t^
hath plainly oiicrrnir^d that (h'r (aU
fers the lame iiKreafts and decrea-
fes y as the Moonc hach , and \n
probable that this miy he pr.r-
ccived there wirhonc the hdp of a

glafli^bccaufcthryarefirrc ecrer
it than wee. When f^tnm ((a th
KcpUr) lies dowrjcin th.. Pcri^e
or lower part of her fuppofcd
Epicycle, then i^^ (he in conjunfti-
onuith her husband theSunne,
from whom after (hcharh depar-
ted for the(p3ccof ten moneths,
(hee gets f/enum uterum, and is in
the full

But you'll reply, thoi3gh ^erm
may bettow (bme light when fhe
is over the Moonc^and in con]un-
ftiop, yet being in oppoficion,fhe
is not vifible to them, and ivhat
fhall they then doe for light ?

I anfwer,rhun ihcy havcnonr;
nor doth this make fo great a diN-
ferencc betwixt thofe two Hemi*
fpheaics as there is ^vi^h "*) t)e«

twixt the places under the poles,

and

and the line ^ but if this bee not
liiffijicnr, then I fay in the fccond
place that

2, Peifiapsifurcmay be fome
other tolij'.linfdboJy above the
Moone which vvecannot difc^rot*,
norisrhis ultogeihcr iiuprobible
bt'caufe rhere U ahnoft rhe like
obfcrved in Su'irnc, who jji-
pearcs through this gbffe wirh
rwo Icfler bodies on each fide,
which may fiipply the office of
MooneSj unto each hcTiifpheare
chu5 :

r

0 Oo

So in this world al(b there nwy
befomefuchbody 3 though wee
camot difcerne it^ bccmfe the
Moone is alwaies in a flrcighc
line, bttwixr our eye and iImc.
Mor Is it altogether nnMvtlytfiac
^herc fhould bee more moones ro

"n^* Oibc ^ brGUifc jHpucr nl(o

18 obfcrvcd to have tourt. (ach

M bodies

1(5 2

The difcoy^ery

bodies that move round about

him.

But it may fceme a very difiRcuIc
thing CO conceive , how fo grofle
an<3 darke a body as our earth,
(hould yceld ftch a cleare light as
proceedcs from the Moone , and
therefore the Cardinall dc Cufa
(whothinkcs every Starrc to be
a feverall world ) is of opinion
that the light of the Sunncis not
able ro make them appeare (b
bright 5 but the reafon of their
1 (hining is , bccaufe wee behold
thtrnata great diftance through
their regions of fire which doe fee
a (hining luflre upon thofe bodies
that of themfclves are dirke.l^^r
fi ^uU effet extra regiontm fgniiyi
terra i^a in drcumfete^th jn&
\regio7ii4 per medium ignfd lucidi.
^flella apparerct. '' So that if ai
'' man vt'erc beyond the region of
^* fire, this earth would appcarci
^^ through that as a bright Scarre.
But if this were the onely rcalo^
then would the Moone bet

freed

of a nexo World.

freed from fuch incrc^ifes and
decreafes as fhcc is now lyable
unto.

Kefiat tbinkes chat our earth
receives that light whereby it
(hines from the Sunhe, but this
(faith he) is not fuch an intended
clearc brightneflcas the Moone
is capable of, and therefore hee
gueflcs^that cbc earth there is of a
morechokie (oyle like the He of
Cretie:^ and fois better able to re-
fleft a firongev Dghr^ whereas our
earth mull fupply this intcnrion
with the quantity ofits body^buc
ihis I conceive to be a needklfe
conjefturcj fincc our earth if all
things were well coniidered, will
be found able enough to refltft as
great a light, For

I. Confider its opacity, if you
markc thefefublunary thin^s^you
fliall perceive that amongftthem^
thofethat are moft peripicuons,
^^c not (o well able to reverberate
the Sunne bcames as the thicker
oodles. The rayea pafl^ fir.gly
Ai 2 rhrongh

1^5

/i^

164 The difco>pery

through a diaphanous mattcfjbut

in an opacons (ubftance they are

doubled in their rcturne and mul-

tiplyed byrefl^^xion. Now if the

fnoone and the other Planets can

(liine fo clearely by beating

bn:!<e l\\^^ Sanne btiamcSjWhy may

not the earth alfo (hinc as well,

which agrees with them in the

caufe of this brightnefle their

opacity?

2. Confider what a cleare light
wee may difcernc reflcfted from
thceavth in the middeft of Sum-
mer , and withall conceive how
much greater that moft bee which
is under the line, where the raycs
are more dircC^ly and ftrongly re-
verberated.

3. Confider the great diftance
at which wee behold the Planets,
for this muft needs addemuchto
their fliining and therefore Cnja-
urn (in the above cited place)
ihliikes that if a man were in iht
SiKine^ that Planet would not
fo bright tohim^as now

ic

^Fi

eaiC

of a nerv World.

ic doth to us^becaufe then his eye
could difccrnc but little, whereas
here wcc may comprehend the
beamcs as they are concrafted in
a narrow body. 2Ce/?Jjr beholding
the earth from a high mountainc
when ic was cnlightncd by the
Sjnnc confcfTcs that ic appeared
unco him of an incredible brighc-
neffc, whereas then the rcfl fted
rayes entered into his fight ob-
liquely ; but how much brighter
would it have appeared if hee
mijjht in a dire ft line behold the
whole globe of earth and the/e
rayes gathered together? So thac
if wee confider thac great light
which che earth receives from the
Sunnein the Summer^ and then
foppofe wee were in the Mocrne,
where- wee might He the whole
earth hanging in thofevaft fpiccs
where there is nothing tocermi-j
nate the fight , buc thoft beamcs
which are there contrafted into a
litile compaff-; I fay, if wee doe
well confider chiSjWce mayeafily
yI/3 conceive

16

5

X

>66

The dijco^ery

conceive, chat our earth appeares
a^ brigh: to chofe other inhabi.
cants IQ the MoonCj as theirs doth

J

CO us.

Propofition 12.

that tls provable there msy hee
ftich Meteors beloffging to that
rvorldh the Moont , oa thm m
rvith uj^

PLutarch difcuflingthis point
affirmes chat it U not neccffiry
there Hiould be the fame meanes
of growth and fruftifying in both
rhefe worlds, liDce nature might
in her policy findc out more waics
then one how to bring about the
fxiDQ cfK'ft.But however he thinks
ics probable that the Af oonc her
IcHe/endeth forth warnrie winds,
and by the fwifcnene of her moti-
on there (hould breathe out a
fweer arid comfortable ayer, plca-
(^m dewes and gentle moylture,

which

of a new World.

\6

which mighc fervc for the refrc-
(hingand nouriflimcnt of the in-
habitants and plants in that other

world.

But Gncc they have all things
alike with us, as (ea and land, and
vaporousaycrencompalTingboch,

I (hould rather therefore thinkc
that nature there fliouIJ ufe the
fame wa;^ of producing meteors
as (he doth with us (and not by a
motion as Plutarch fuppofcs) be-
caufe fliee doth not love to vary
from her ufuall operations with-
out fomc extraordinary impsdi-
mcnt, but (till kccpes her beaten
path unlcfle flic be driven thence.
One argument whereby I fliall
maniftft this truth, may be taken
from thofe new Scarrcs wh ch
have appeared in divers ages ot
the world, and by their paralhx
have becnedifcerncd tohavcbeen
above the MoonQ , foch as wa&
that in Cafjiopcia, that in Sagitta-
ri^V^ith many others becwixt^the

Planers. Hivparchf^s in his time
AI ^ rootle

^
.•

m

M mjivmimmmim'm^^

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The difcoyery

lookc effeciall notice of (uch as
thc/e, and therefore fancied cue
fuci) conftelhtions in which to
place the Scarres^ fiiewing how
many there were in every afte-
rifme'/hatfu afterwards poftcrity
might know^ v?hcther there vvcre
any new Scarrc produced or any
old onemiding. Now the nature
of thc(c Comers may probably
manifeft, that in this other world
there are other meteors al(b; for
thcfc in all likelihood are nothing
eKebut (uch evaporations caufcd
by the Sunncj from the bodies
ofthc Planets, I fhall prove this
by fh^vving ths iniprobibihtics
and inconvcni^'nccsuf any other
opj'iion.

F/'f thfibcttrrpurfiiice of this
'tis in rh:? ficQ place requifice that
\ dejle 'wlifi onr chiefs adverftry,
Cdfjy/t Gipa^ who doth moil
dirrftly oj^ipofi? th»it truth which
n hsM:Xi,) bcr proved, IJce en-
df-avouiin^ ro cor^firme the in-
cur! uptibilify of the IJcaveos,

and]

of a next? World.

and being there co(atisficthe argu-
ment which is taken from ihcic
comets, Heanlwcrsic thas: Ant
argumentHtn defumpttim ex para^

laxi non ejl ejjicax, autjiejl efjjcax^
eorum iuftrumenturum ttjnm rlaci-
pcrSy velr4tione afiri velmcdii^ vei
dtj}anti<ty aut er^o cvM in fitprcma
fjrtea^rh^ aut fiin c oclo^ turn for"
fan fdiftum erai exrejlcElioncr idt,
oxHtn SjtuYni & Jovi^i^ qui tunc
In conj intiiom jmrarit, *- Euh;.T
^'the ar^.umcnc troai chsparabx
^^ b not t fli :acious or il a h^y yec
'^ che ufc of tlie ioilriimen^s aiii^hc
^^ deceive either in rcirard of the
'' fiarreor i\\c medium^ orthcdi-
*^ flincc, and iothisconucmighc
*^be in thcLip[jcr regions of ihe
^^ aire^or if ic were in the heaven?,
*' there ic might be produced by
'^che reflexion of the rayc:>ftom
*' Sutftrm and JupitcTy who were
'^ then in conjun6i;on. You ke
what flufcs !ite isdrivcnco^ how
herunncs npanddovvnc toiipiiy
Haninp hoUs^ that h^e nuythd

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JIM. I aji;«ti!|ijjWl|i.l.lJijW:»»y^

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JE/?ij2.95.

fomc ihelter, and infteadof the
ftrengcli ofreafon^he anfwcrB with
a iTJultitudc of words, thinking
Cas the Provcrbe is) that hee may
uft haileg when hee hach no zhujy.

^/^t;^ efi tncerto^ fedem modo nfz*
I nnte^modo producente. '' What
'^ can there bee more unfeemely
" in one that (hould be a fake
" difpucantj then to be now here,
^« now therc^ and fo uncertainc,
« rhat one cannot tell where to
^' find him. He thinkes that there
are not Comets in the heavens,
becaufc there may be many other
reafons of fuch appearances, but
whathcknowes nor, perhaps (he
faics) that argnment from the pa-
rallax is not fufticient^ or if it bf,
then there may be fomc deceit in
the obfervauon. To this I may
fafclyfayj that heemiy juftlyb^
acconnted a VweakeMathemacici-
an who miftfulls the ftrength of
this argament, nor can hee knov/
iruch in Afl:ronomy,who under-

ftands.

of a new World,

871 1

11

ilands not the parallax,which is
the foundation of that Scicnce^and
I am furc that hec is a timorous
man, who dcirei not believe the
frequent experience ofhisfenie?^
ortrultto ademonftntion.

True indeed, I grant cis pofHbk,
that the eycjj the medium^ and the
diftince may al dtcclve the behol-
der, but I would have him ilie;v
which of all thefc was likely to
caufj tn error in this obfer vatian ?
Mcercly tof^y they mlghi be de-
ceived is no fufficicnt anl'A'er. for
bythislmighc confute ihepufi'i-
onsofall Altronomer8,and « fti *mc
the Ilarrcs are hard by us^ bccau(c
'cispofiible theymaybc'cjcc ived
in their ob/crving that diftancc.
But I forbearc any further repiy;
my opinion is of chat Treatife/hat
either it wasfet forch purpord'
to tempt a confutation, th^t hce
might (ee iheopinionotG^/i/^>«
confirmed by oUicrs, or the ic was
invented \vichas much hafte and
" ncgh'gcnce as ic was printed, ihcrc

17 2 I The Difcoyery

being in it almo(t as many ftiaks
as lines.

Oihcr ? thinke that theft are not
any new CorascSjbut fome ancient
ftarrcs that were there before,
which now fhine with that unufu.
all brightnelTcjby rcafon of the in-
terpoficion of fuch vapors which
ttoc multiply theirlighcjand fo the
alteration will be here onely,and
not ill the heavens. Thus AriflntU
rhought the appearance ot the
niilkieway wasproduccd^ for he
held that there were many little
IbrreSp which by their influence
did conlbnily atcraft fuch a va-
pour rowaids that place of hea-
ven, lo ihat ir alwaics appeared
vvhire* Now by the fame rcafon
n»aya brighter vapor be thccaufe
of thefe appearances.

But how probable focver this
opinion may leeme, yet if well
coofidcrcdj you (hall findcic to
be alcogethcr abfiird and impof-
lible: lor^

I. Thelc Harres were never

feene

of a ne^sa \Vorld.

feenc rhere before, an J cis not li ke-
ly that ^ vripoiir being hii J by us
can io multiply [hac liofit which
could not bdoie bz ac all dif-

ccrned.

2. This fuppofed vapour can-
no: be either contrafted into a
narrow compaflc or dikred into a
broad : i. ic could noc be with j
in a little Ipacc, for then that
fiarre wduII not appeire with
ilie fame muiriplicJ ligfic to thofc
in Other climates: 2. ic cannot be
a dilated vapour^ tor then other
Ihire?; which vveie dilcerned
through the fiuie vapour would
feeme as bi[;g:is!'clut; thlsaigu-
menc is the i'^me in etfc^ft with
ihac of the parata^c^ as ycai may
fee in this Figure.

Suppofe

17^

174 I

The difcolpery

IC X

Snppofe A B to be a Hemi-
fpheareof one earth, C D tobc
the upper jMrrof the higheft re-
gion, in which there might be
drhor a contrafled vapour, as G,

or rife a cellared one, as*H I. Sup^
pofe E F likewife to reprefcnt
halfe the heavens^ wherein was
this appealing Comet at K. Now
I fay, that a contrafted vapour^as
G could not canfe this appea-
rance, beciiurcan inhabitant at M
could not diicernc the fame ftarrf

with

of A ne-so World.

With this brighmefle, but perhaps
another at L, bccwixc which the
vapour is direSly interpofcd.Nor
could it be cauftd. by a dilated
vapour, as H 1, becaufe then all
the ftarres thac were difcerned
through It v/ould be perceived
with the fame brightnefle.

Tis neceffary therefore thatthe
caufcofthis appearance (houldbe I
in the heavens. And this is gran-
ted by rhc mod and beft Aftrono-
mcrs. Bur, fay lomc, this doth
not argue any nacurall alteration
in thofc purer bodics^fince tis pro-
bable that thcconcourfcof many
little vagabond ftarres by the uni-
on of their beames may caulclb
great a lighr.Of this opinion were
Amxagoras nnd Zcno amongft the
ancienr,and Baptljla Cif^tm^BU^-
canm^ wirh others amongH our
moderne Aftronomcts. For, lay
they, when there happens ro be
a concourfe of (ome tew ftarreSj
then doe many other flic unto
them from all the parts of heaven

like

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f

5 J 6 The difcoDery

like fo many Bees unto their King.
Buc I. CIS not likely chat amongit
[hole which wee count the fixed
ftarres there (hould be any fuch
unccrtaliie motions, that they can
wander from all parts of the
heavcns^asif Nature had ncglcfted
them J or forgot to appoint rhem a
determinate courfe. 7. If there be
fuch a conflux of thefc^ as of Bees
to their King, then what rcafon is
thrre th^t they doe not ftill tarry
with I tjthac fo the Comet may not
be diffolvcd ? But enough of this.
You may commonly fee it con-
futed by many other argutnents.
Others there are, who affirme
thefe to be fome new created liarS;,
produced by an extraordinary fu-
pernaturall power. I anfwcr,true
indeed, tis poifible they might be
ibjbut however tis not likely they
wtre fo, fince fuch appearances
may be falved fome other way,
whtrtforc to fly unto a miracle
tor inch things, were a great in-
jury to natuie^ and co derogate
from

/

from her skilly an indi£;nirie
nnich mif-becommini]; a man
who profeflcs himfelte to be a
Philolbpher^ Mlracuhm (diirh
one) ejliiKoiantice Jfylf4?/f^ a mi-
racle otten ferves for th.e recep-
tacle of a lazy ignorance which
any indultrious Spirit would be
adiamedof, it being bnt an idle
way to fiiift offthe labour of any
further fearch. But here's the mi-
fery of it^ v/ee firft tie our lelvcs
unto ^nJfofirs\^nnci^\QS^ and
then conclude, that nothin<^
could contradift them but a mi-
racle.^ whereas 'twould be much
better for the Common-wcallh
ot learning, ifwc would i^round
our Principles lacher upon the
frequent experiences of our
owne^ then the bare authority
ot others.

Some there are, who tliinkc
that theie Comets are nothing
elie^ but exhalations from our
earthy carried up into the higher
parts of theHeavai. So'Pf^^,

N . Roth-

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178

7}cbo ?rd'

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The difcoyery

RotbmamHi & GaliUttSy but this
is not poflible^ fince by compu-
tation 'tis found that one of j
them is above 300 times bigger I
than the whole Globe of Landj
and Water. Others therefore
have thought that they did pro-
ceed from the body of the Sun,
and that that Planet onely is
Cometarumcfpcifiaj widctan^nam
emjfarii & exploratores crxuteren-
tur^ brsvi ad fohm redituri : The
fhop or forge of Comets iioni
whence they were fent^ like fo
many fpics^ that they might in
fome ihort Ipace returnc againc,
but this cannot bc^ fmce it fo
much matter had proceeded
from him alone^ it would have
made a fenlible diminution in
his body. The Noble Tycbo
therefore thinkes that they con-
lilt of fome Inch fluider parts of
the Heaven, as the milkie way is
framed of^ which being condenit
together, yet not attaining to
the ccnliltcncy of a Starre^ is in

fome

of a new World.

179

(onie Ipacc of time rarificd a-
^aiiie into its wonted nature.
But this is not likely^ tor if there
had bccne fo great a condenfa-
tion as to make them (hinc fo
bright, and lall: fo ]o.ng^ they
ivoiild then fenlibly have moved
dovvnewards towards iome cen-
ter ot gravity^ becauic whatfo-
ever is condenft mult ncceflTarily
:n^ow heavier^ whereas thcfe ra-
ther fecnied to afcend higher^
as they lafted longer. But (bmc
may objeft^ that a thing may be
ol the lame weighty when it is
raritied^ as it had while it was
condenft : fo metajls^whcn they
are melted^ and when they arc
cold : fo water alfo when it is
h'ozen^nnd when it is fluid, doth
not diiier in rei] eft of giavity.
But to thcflj 1 anlv/er : Firlt^
Metalls arc wiX raritied by n'.el-
ting3 but moliiicd. Secondly^,
water?*, are net pr(;per]y rondePi-
ied, but congealed into a harder
iiibttancep the parts being not

iM 2 CO]^.-

Ail

I •>78

De Comet,

Afofog'
Meteor,
L 5. f. 2.

loba?/.Fabr.

\dcnel,ijiyr.

The diJcoDery !

contrafted clofcr together^ but
itili poirdring the lime cxten-

UOIl.

And bcfidc^ what likely caufc
can wc conceive of this condcn*
fation^ iinlcire there be Inch qua-
lities there^ as there are in our
ayre^ and then why may not the
Planets have the like qualities, as
our earth ? and if fo^ then 'tis
more probable that they are
made by the ordinary way of
nature^ as they are with us, and
conlilt of exhalations from the
bodies of the Planets. Nor is
this a Hngular opinion 5 but it
feemed moft likely to CamiUpu
GlorJofus, Th, CampaffcUay Fro*
tnofidHj^ With fomc others. But
if you aske whither all thefe ex-
halations fhall returnc^ I anfwer,
every one into his ownc Planet :
ii" it be againe objeftcd, that
then there will be ib many cen-
ters ot gravity^ and each ieverall
Planrt will be a diilinft world ;
Ireply^ ptihaps all of them arc

fo

:-i'lLi

M

of a new World.

Co except the Sunue^ though
Cufmus thinkes there is onealib^
and later times havediicovered
feme leflcr Planets moving
round about him. But as tor
Saturne^ he hath two Mooncs on
each fide, Jufiter hatli foiirc,
that incircle his body with
their motion. Venus is obftrved
to increale and decreafe as the
Moone, M^rs^ and all the relt,
derive their light f' om the Sunne
onely. Concerning Mercury^
there hath bcenc little or noob-
fcrvation, becaule for the mod
artj he lies hid under the Sunne
eames^and ieldomcappeares by
himfelfe. So that if you conli-
der their quantity ^their opacity^
or thefc other difcoverics^ you
fhall finde it probable enough^
that each of them niay bca le-
verall world. But this would be
too much for to vent atthcHrrt.
the chicfe thing at which I now
ayme in this difcourfcj is to
N 3 prove

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I

18

DC meteor*
Art. 6,

\

The difcoyery

prove tlvit there may be one in
the Moone.

It hath bccne before confir-
med that there was a fpheareof
thicke vaporous aireencompaf-
in^ the Moone. as thefirftand
fccond regions doe this earth.
I have now fhcwcd, that thence
fuch exhalations may procecdc
as dec produce the Comets : now
from hence it may probably
follow^ that there may be wind
alfoandraine^ with fuch other
Meteors as arc common amongft
us. This confequencc is (ode-
pendant^ that Fromondus dares
nut deny it, though hee would
(as hee contelTes hirnfelfc) for if
the Sunne be able to exhale 1-rom
ri crn Inch tumes as may caufc
Corner?^ why not then fiichas
may caufe winds^ and why
not liich alio as caufe raine^
iince 1 have above fhewed^ that
tlierc is Sea and Land as with us.
Now raine fcemes to be more
clpcci.Jly requificc for them,

lincc

of A nen> World.

fince it may allay the heate and
fcorchings of the Siinnc^ when
he is over their heads. And na-
ture hath thus provided for thofe
inPerti^ with the other inhabi-
tants under the line.

But if there be fuch grcat^ and
frequent alterations intheHea-
vcns^ why cannot wee diicerne
them ?

I andver :

I . There may be fuch^and we
not able to perceive them^ be-
caufe of the weaknefle of our cyc^
and the diftance of thofe places
from US5 they are the words of
Fient4s^diS they are quoted by FrO'
m$ndt$s in the above cited place)
Pojfwit maxim t -pmnmatioms in
coelo fieri^ cdam/ia mbii no7i confpi*
cis^mr^ hoc vijus nojln debiUtM
& imnjenfj cceli dijiantia facin^it.
And unto liim alfcnts Fromondus
himfelfe^ v/hen a little after hcc
faies. Si tnfphd^ris flamtarum dc-
genmus^ plurima forfan coslejiiHm
yicbalammvdkretoto Atben paffim

N 4 did^crla

185

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I8^

DJjfer. 1.

The difcoyery |

, I — .. ■ fc, ■ ■ . ■ » . ^ ^ , 1

^ifperfa vidcrcmnf, quorum Jjfuies \
jam iVjncfcU nimia Jpatii iftter^]
cup^dine. '^ IFux did live in the \
^'fphearcs of the Planets^ wee
^^ \m<A\t there, perhaps^ dilccrne
"many £!;icat clouds diipcdcd
''^through the whole Heavens^
which are not now viliblc by
realbn of this great diltance.

2. Jllajlin ^nd Ktphr affirme^
that they have iccne fonic otj
thefe alterations. The words ofl
Majltt) arc theie (as I finde them j
cited.) In cch^fi Lnrjari v(jfi:rc\
DomiuiCA Palmarum Anni i 605. 1
in r^rpore LuyA verjia Vmream^ 7iU !
orscans quadum mjcu'a ccrfpcclal
////V, chjeurior c^t^iero teto cor f ore, \
cjuod catjclentis jc? r/ jiguram r(^r£<^ j
fmiabat 5 dsX'Jfif ntibila in m^iliam \
regior.cm extc7/ja phtviii & r^m-l
fcftxicfts in.bribfu gravtcij^ cpfjuf*]
t7iQc^iAb(xce/forum monimm jtf^i6\
17} l.ktfsiHora cehvdlHtim loc<i vi*
derc fan rjiQ contwgit. ^*' In that
^•Mun-iry cclipic which h.:^*p}X'-
"" ncd in the even of Pa]nie-iiiii-|

'' dav.

of a new IV or Id.

^'day, in thcycere iCcy^ there
"was a certaine blackiih fj)ot '
^'dilccrncd in the Northerly
^' part of the Moone^ being dar-
"kcr than any other part of her I
^^ body^ and rcprefenting the co-
'^'^ lonr ot red hot y ron-^you might
^^ conjefturc that it was ibnie di-
^Matcd clondj being pregnant
'^ with iliowers/or thus doe iiich
'^^ lower clouds appearc from the
^^ tops ot high mountaincs.

Unto this I may adde another
teltimony o'tB(ipt.C$funs^,\'s he is
quoted by Nkrcmbero^iw^ groun-
ded upon an oblervarion taken
23. yeeres after this ot AJdtflipf^
and writ to this Eufeb, Nicrem^
birg, in a letter by that diligent
and judicious Ailronomei'. The
words of it runne thus : Et qui--
aem tn alipfi nypra Jo/ar/ c]ii(t fait
ilf> dk r^aiah Chripi^ cbjttvjvi
dare hi lu.iafolifu^pofita^ qHidpl--
&m quod v^lJe j)rch^f id ifftm
^uidComctit qurr^ dr maCiik l'>^
lares urgeht^ mm^c co:Uin:non ijfs

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(

1 86 I Tbe Difcoyery

atcfsuitate & variattonibus atrU
exemptam^ nam circa Lurddmad"
verti effe fph^ram feu or hem (jueri"
dam vaporofum^ non fecHS at^ cir-*
cum tettAm^ <^^^o^^ [icHt ex terra in
alicjuam uf^ jphjtram vaporet &
(xhdationes expiranty itaquoj^ex
luna. ^^ In that late folary eclipfc
'^ which happened on Chrift-
" mas day.^ when the Moone was
^^ jiift under the Sunne^ I plainly
^difcerned that in her which
'may clearely confirme what
^^the Comets and Sunne (pots
^Moe feeme to prove^ viz.tlut
the heavens are not folidj
Sior freed from thofe changes
^Svhichour aire is liable unto^
for about the Moone I percei-
ved filch an orbe of vaporous
" aire as that is which doth en-
compaife our earthy andasva-
^ pours and exhalations^ are rai-
led from cur e.irth into this
/lii'c^ fo are they alfo from
^' the Moone.

You ice what probable
. grounds

of a nen;? World.

grounds and plaine tcftimonies
I have brought for the confirma-
tion of this Propofition : many
other things iji this behalfe
might be fpoken^ vvhicli for
brevity lake I now omit^ and
palle unto the next*

twcr ■•MatffttfU^a

Propofition 15.

Thatyis provable there may be in-'
habitants in this other fVorld
but of what k^nde ihej ate is un--
cenaine^

I Have already handled the
Seafons and Meteors belong-
ing to this new World: 'tis re-
quifitc that in the next place!
Ihould come unto the third
thing which I promifed^ and to
j (uy fomewhat of the inlubi-
j tants^ concerning whom theie
! might be many difficult quelU-
{ ons rai fed^ as whether that place
I be more inconvenient for habita-
1 tion

187

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Ve dc^.
c, iz.

t-

T/;^ Di/coy^ry

tlon then our World (as KepUr
thinkcs) whether they arc the
feed of ^^^1^5 whether they are
therein a blefTed elhite^ orelfe
what mcanes there may be for
their (alvation^ with many o-
ther fiich uncertaine enquiries,
which I (hall willingly omit,
leaving it to their examinatiorij
who have more Icifure and
learning for the fearch of fiich
particulars.

Being for mine own part con-
tent only to fet downe fuch notes
belonging unto thele which I
have observed in other Writers.
Cum tota ilia regio nobis ignptafzt^
remanent inhabitatons illi ignoti
pcmtur^ (faith C/jr/i;i^J iincevve
knov/ not the regions of that
place, wee muft be altogether
ignorant of the inhabitants.
There hath not yet becne any
inch difcovery concerningthcfc,
upon which wee may build a
certainty, or good probability ;
well may wee gucfle at them, and

that

that too very doubtfully^ but we
can know nothings for if we doe
hardly guefle aright at things
which be upon earthy if with
labour wee doe finde the thingjs
that are at hand^ how then can
wee (earch out thofc things that
are in Heaven ? What a little
is that which wcc know ? in re-
fpeft of thofc many matters
contained within this great
Uiiiverfej this whole globe of
earth and water? though it
i'eemetous to be t f a large ex-
tent^ yet it bcaies not lo nreat
a proportion unto the whole
frame of Nature, as a finall
fluid doth unto it; and what
can (iich little cre.uures as wee
difccrnc^ who aie u:d to this
point of earth ? or what can
they in the Mo- wc know of us ?
It wee under(t»>)^d any th'vm
(faith Efdrdi) 'lis nothing but
that which is upon the earth,
andhee that dwdleth above in
the Heavens^ may onclyunder-

Uand

Wifd.9.i^-

iErJ.4.^a

■/

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ipo

The di/co)?ery

»^mm

ftaiui the things that arc above
in the heighth of the heavens.

So that 'twere a very necdc'
leffe thine, for us^ to (carch after
any particula/s^ however, wccj
may t^ucirc in thej^cnerali^ that
there arc fomc inhabitans in
that Planet: for why elfedidj
Providence furniih that place'
with ill! fuch conveniences ofi
habitation as have beenc above!
declared ?

But you will iliy^ pcjhaps, is
there not too great and intol-
lerable a heatCj lince the Sunnc
is in their Zinith every monedij
and doth tarry their lb long be-
fore heel eaves it?

lanfwer^ i. This niay^ per-
haps, be remedied (as it is under
the line) by the frcqucncie of
mid-day fliowers^ which may
cloud their Sunne^ and coole
their earth: 2. The equality of
'their nights doth much temper
the fcorching of the day^ and
the extreme cold that comes

from

of a neyp World.

191

from the onc^ require feme fpacc
before it can be difpelled by the
other^ lb that the hcate ijien-
ding a great while before it can
have the viftory^ hath not af-
terwards much time to ra^re in,
Wherforc notwithftanding thi%
yet that phtce may remaine ha-
bitable. And this was the opi-
nion of the Cardinal de cufa^
when fpcaking of this Planet^
he faies^ Hie locus Mundi ejl ha-
bitat io hominnm & animit/mm atij^
vegttahilitim. ^^ This part of the
''^ world is inhabited by men and
'•'beads, and Planets. To liim
aflented Campamllj^ but hcc can-
not determine whether there
wereraen, or rather fomc other
kindeot creatures. If they were
men, then he thinkes they could
not be infefted with J^dzms
linne ; yet^ perhaps^ they had
fome ot their owne^ which
might make them liable to the
fame mifery with m^ out ot
which^ perhaps^ they were de-
livered

/''■

j 190

EplM* lo.

iCol.i.io.

l^jc dl/co )?ery

livcred by the lame means as vVc
the death oi Chnll:^ and thus he
thinkcs that place of the Epbe-.
(iarjs may be interpreted^ where
the Apoltle laies^ God gathered all
things together tn ChriJ}^ hil)
n>kuh are in earthy and u>hfch
are in the heavens *: So alio
that ot the fame Apoftle ^0 the
Colojfizns^ where hee (aies^ that
itpteajed the Father to reconcile aH
thtngs unto himfelfe hy Chi\}^
whether they be things in earthy or
t hirjgs in h eaven ,

But I dare not jcrt with Di-
vine triithcs. or apply thefe pla-
ces according as tancy direfts.
As I thinke this opinion doth
not any wherecontradift Scrip-
ture^ ^o I thinke likcwife, that
it cannot be proved from it,
wherefore CarKpariellas fccond
conjcftiirc may be more pro-
b.ib]e^ that the inhabitants of
that world, arc not men as wee
i^i'e, but fome other kindc of
creatures which bearc Ibmepro-

;__ portion

of a new World.

195

portion and likcnefle to our na-
tures ^ and ^«/i^/^ too thinkes
they differ from us in many re-
Tpefts ; I will fef; downe his
words as they may bee found
in the abovecited place^ S^f^f--
camtu in regtone folU mJgii ejfe
faUres^ claros (^ illamhatof intd-
lei} Hares habit at ores ^ (phjtualiores
etijm qitam in h{»a^ ubi magis hi-
mxici^ &t?j terra y wagis materi'
ateSy & crafty nt iUi melle^udis
niiHi'£ folates jint multHm in aSu
& f arum in potemia ; terrini verb
mx^is in potentsa j c^ parttm hi
a[iii y lunar es in medijfiff&fi.:>/tes^
Hoc quidem opnamur ex i J?/<f^-
ti:i irnili folis aquaiica firmd ^
Aeria lunde , c^ gravedms w^tcri^
alt terr£ , & ccfi^m'tUter dc aIUs
jlellarnm regiombi^ fufj^icamts,
' nkllam hahitatoribu^ cjrere^ q^ufl
I tn jt^t partes pariiCf>iljres mundia^
I ks Hyiitis untverji 3 qi4ot fu7itjiei<z
I (jHar^m non ejl nnwcrur , «//r
(ippid efim qui omnia in nnmero
creavn.

O ^^We

^S4

The dtfcoyery

^^ Wcc nK\y conje(5turc ( faith
^^ hc)thc inhabiters of the Sunne
"iiiclike to the nature of that
^^ Planct^more clearc and bright^
/•Siioie intellect: lall and fpiri-
"^^ tuall ;han thole in the Moone
^Svhe.e they are neercr to the
^*^ nature of that duller Planet^
^^ and thofe of the earth being
^^niorc grotle and materia]!
"^^than either 5 fo that theft in-
''^'telleftuall natures in the Sun,
^^are more forme than niattcr_,
^"^ thole in the earth more mat-
^ter than forme ^ and thofe
^Sn the Moone betwixt both.
^'^ This wee may gueffe from the
^^ fiery influence of the Sunne^
" the watery and aereous infiti-
^'ence of the Moone ^ as alfo
^^ the matercall heavinefle of the
"^ earth. In (bmefuch manner
^Mikewife is it with the regions

ot the other Starres ^ for wee
^^conjcfture that none of tlicm
^ are without inhabitants ^ bur

that there arc fo many parlicu-

^Mar

cc

of a new World.

s»5

^'lar worlds and paits of this
^^ one iniivcrfcj, as there are Stars
" which are innumerabJe.unlclIc
" it bee to him who created all
^*^thin2;s in number.

For he held that the (tars were
not all in one equall Orbe as we
commonly fuppofe^ but that
Tome were farre higher than Ga-
thers which made them appeare
lefie^ and that many others were
(o (.\ re above any of thclc , that
they were altogether inviiible
mitous. An opinion (which as
I conceive) hath not any great
probability for it, nor certainty
aeainll it.

The Priert of Saturne relating
to P/ntMrch (as he faigncs it ) the
nature of the Selenites^ told
him they were of divers difpo-
iitions 5 fomc dcilring to live in
the lower parts of the Moone,
where they might looke dovvne-
wardsupon uSjWhile others weie
morefiirely mounted aloft, all
of them (liining like the rayes of
O 2 the

^^6

NaL Com.

Tbe difcoyery

the Siin^ and as being viftorioiis
as downed with i^;ail.andsmadc
with the wings of Eajiaihia or
CofiJla):cse.

It hach becne the opinion a-
mon^it fome of the Ancients,
that their Heavens and Elylian
fields were in the Moone where
the aire is moll: quiet and pure.
Thus Socrates^ thus Piato^ with
his followcrs^did efteenie this to
bee the place where thofe purer
foules inhabit 5 who are freed
from the Sepulchre , and coiita-
p;ion of the body. And by the
Fable of Crr^/^continually wan-
drina, in (earchof her daughter
Frofcrpina^ is meant nothing elfe
but rhe longing delire of men^
who live upon Ceres earth ^ to
attaine a place in ^roferfma^ the
Moone or Heaven,

Plutarch alfo feenies to afTent

unto thisj but hee thinkcs more-

over,that there arc two places of

happinefle anfwerable to thole

jtwo parts which hee fancies to

re-

■■<^i^

remaine ot a man when hee is
dead ^ the ibiile and the iinder-
ftandin^ ; the foule he thinkcs is
made ol: the Moonc ^ and as our
bodies doe Co procecde from the
duft of this earthy that they fhall
letLirne to it hereafter ^ lb our
foules were generated out of that
Planet^ and fh.dl bee refblvcd in-
to it ai^aine^ whereas the under-
ftanding fhall afcend unto the
Sunnc^out of which it was made
where it fliall pofleile an eternity
of well being 5 and farre greater
happinefle than that which is
enjoyed in the Moone. So that
when a man dies^ if his foulc bee
much polluted^thcn muit ic wan-
der upanddowneinthe middle
region of the aire where hell is^
and there fufFer unfpeakable tor-
ments for thofc finncs whereof
it is guilty. \V hereas the foules
of better men^ when they have
in fome fpacc of time beene pur-
ged from that impurity which
they did derive fi:om the body^
O 3 then

893

..?'^?^*"

The difcoDery

then doe they letiirne into the
Moone^ where they are pofleft
vvithdich a joy 5 as thole men
fcele who profeflc holy mifte-
rics/rom which place (faith he)
ionic ai c (ent downe to have the
fiiperintendance of Oracle-,, be^
in^ diligent either in the prefer-
vation of the good ^ either from
or in all perils^ and the preventi-
on or punifhmcnt of all wicked
aftions ^ but if in the(c imploy-
mcnts they mif-behavc thcn>
fclves^ then are they againc to be
iniprifoned in a body^othcrwife
thcyiemaine in the Moonetill
their body be refolved into it^ k
the undcrlhnding being cleared
iixmiaJl impediments 5 afccnds
to the Sunne v/hich is its pro-
per place. But this requires a di-
ver fe fpace of time according to
the divers affefticns of the foiile.
Astorthofcwho havebcene rc-
tiicdandhonelhaddiftingthcm-
felves to a itudious and quiet life^
theie are quickly preferred to a

hitdicr

of A neyp World.

199

higher happincfle. But as for
(iich who have bulled thenifelves
in many broyles ^ or have beene
vehement in the profccution of
any luft, as the ambitious^ the a-
morons, the wrathful! man^ thcfe
ftill rctaine the glimples and
dreames of fuch things as they
have performed in their bodies^
which makes them either altoge-
ther unht to remaine ^;here where
they are^or elie keepes them long
ere they can put off their foules.
Thus you fee p/utarchf opini-
on concerning the inhabitants
and neij^hbours of the Moonc,
which (^according to the man-
ner of the Acadcmickes ) hee
delivers in a thi:d pcrfon ; you
fee he makes that Planet an intc-
riou;' kind of heaven^^and though
hee diifcr in nv.iny ciicumlhin-
ces 5 yet doth hee defcribc it to
be Icmefiich place ^ aswecfup-
pofe Paradife to be. You fee
likewife his opinion concer-
ning the place of dimned fpi-
O 4 rits^

fe' V

zoo

De chit.
Dei. lib. iz

^s\'Xl

The difcoyery

■ ■■■■■ ■■■iw.. — nil , . m, , 11^

litSj that it is in the middle regi-
on of the aire , and in neither of
the(c ishce fingular^ but fonie
more late and Orthodox Wri*
ters have agreed with hinit As for
t!ic place o!: hell, many thinkcit
may be in the aire.as well as any
where el fe.

True indeed^ Saint Apijlin af-
firmes that this place cannot bee
difcovered ; But others there
are who can fhew the lltuation
ot it out of Scripture • Some
holding it to bee in fome other
world without this^ becaufe our
Saviour calls it a-tjir®- i^eirxes^^
ontward darkencfle.But the molt
will have it placed towards the
Center of our earthy becaufe 'tis
<aid 5 Chriil defccndcd into the
lower parts of the earth , aiui
fome ot thcfe are io confident^
that this is its lituation^that they
can afcribe you its bignefTcalfOj
and ot what capacity it is. Fran-
cii Rihra in his Comment on the
Revelations^ fpeaking of thofe

woids.

words, where 'tis faidj that the
blood went out of the Wine-
prefTe ^ even unto the horfcs bri-
dles by the fpaceof one thoii-
f-uid and lixc hundred furlongs^
interprets them to bee meant of
Hell 5 and that that number ex-
prefles the diameter of its conca-
vity ^ which is 200 Italian miles;
but LejfiHS thinkes that this opi-
on pives them too much roome
in hell^ and therefore hee gucflcs
that 'tis net (o wide ; for (faith
hee) the diameter of one league
being cubically muliiplied^will
make a fphcare capable of
Scoooo millions of damned bo-
dies, following to each fixe foote
in the (quarajV/hercas (iaies hee)
'tis ccrtaine that there (hall not
be one hundred thoufand milli-
ons in all that flwll bee damned.
You Ice the bold hfuit was caie-
full that every on: fliould have
I but roome enough in hell ^ and
by the lh\angenefle of the cojije-
fture^you may gucffe that he had

rather

Rcv.i4«»o«

1*14*

lot-

The Difcolpery

rather bee abfurd^ than fceme
either uncharitable or ignorant.
I remember there is a relation in
P/iV^j how that VionifiodorhS a
Mathematician^ being dcad^ did
(end a letter from his place to
{bme of his friends upon earthy
to certific them what diflance
there was betwixt the center and
(iipei ficies: hee might have done
well to have prevented this con-
troverfie^and enformed them the
utmoft capacity of that place.
However^ certaine it is^ that that
number cannot bee knowne^and
probable it is ^ that the place is
not yet deteimined^ but that hell
is there where there is any tor-
mented foulc^ which may bee in
the regions of the aire as well
as in the center ; but of this
oncly occalionally^ and by rea-
fon of PItttarchs opinion con-
cej'ning thofc that are round a-
borit the Moonc ; as for the
Moone it felfc, hce eftcemes it to
bee a lower kindc of Hcavcn^and

therefore

of a ncvo World.

\

therefore \\\ another place hee
cals it a terreftraill (larre^ and an
Olympian or ccleftiall earth an-
fwerable ^ as 1 conceive , to the
paradifc of the Schoolemen, and
that Paradife was cither in or
ncere the Moone^ is the opinion
of fome later Writers ^ who de-
rived it (in all likelihood) from
the^ affcTtiv n of Vl^to ^ and p ;r-
haps^ this oiVl^itauh. Toftatus
laics this opinion upon Ijioder.
BiQfaUnfis , and the venerable
Bde • and Ve^^rius fathers is up-
on Strabus and K^bamis his Ma-
tter. Some would have it to bee
fituatcd in liich a place as could
not be difcovered^ which caufcs
the penman of hjdras to make it
a iiarder matter to know the out-
goings of Paradife^then to weis^h
the weii^ht of the fire^or meafure
the blalVs of wind^ or call againe
a day that is palt. But notwith- ;
ilandins; this^ there bee fome o- j
thcrs who thinkethat it is on the |
top of ibme high mountainc un- \

dcr i

2.05

CkYpleni
oracnla*

lib.l . cap J*
§ 7»

Z Efd.4'7

,1^

( Z.04

1 In Gcac/l

!

I

CsrzmeTft* in

"^6 7^

' The Dijcoyery

der the line ^ and thcfe interpre-
ted the torrid Zone to be thefla^
ming Sword whereby Paradife
was guarded. 'Tis the confentof
divers others, who agree in this
that Paradift is fituated in (bnie
high and eminent place. So 7"^-
^^ttis: Efi etiam ParadifHsfitu aU
tffflma , fupm omnem urviZ altitu-
dirjtmy ^^ Paradife is fitiiatcd in
"fome high place above the
/'earth : and therefore in his
Conient upon the 49. oiGenefs^
hee iinderltands the blelTing of
lacob concerning the everlasting
hills to bee meant of Paradife,
and the bleffing it felfe to bee
nothing elfc but a promife of
Chriifls comming^by whofe paf-
fion the gates of Paradife (hould
bee opened. Unto him affentcd
Ktipmtif^ Scot:ts^ and moft of the
other Schoolemcn.ns I find them
cited by Pereriu^^ and out of hini
mSr.H^.Ratpleigh. Their reafon
vyas this : becaufe in probability
this place was not ovei'flowed

by

of a neyfi World.

^05

bytheflood^ fince there were no
linners there which might draw
the curfe upon it. Nay TV*]?^-
tHS thinkes that the body of
£/?^c6 was kept there^ andlbme
of the Fathers^ as Tertullun and
Aujiin have affirmed ^ that the
blefled foules wxre referved in
that place till the day of judge-
ment ^ and therefore 'tis likely
that it was not overflowed by
the floods andbefides^ fince all'
men (hould have went naked if-
Ad^m had not fell^ 'tis ivquifite
therefore that it (hould be fitua- :
ted infome fuch place where it :
might bee priviledged from the
extiemities of heat and cold.But
now this could not bee ( they
thought ) fo conveniently in
any lower ^ as might in fome >
higher aire. Fori:he(e and fuch
like confiderations have fomany
affirmed that Paradife v. a in a
high elevated place^ vvhich'ion^e''
have conceived coiltd bee no
where but in theMooilet'^For

it

I

X06

Gcn.T.i^.

The diJcoy>ery

-^ ■■ ■■ - ^"^-^^ — -

it could not be in the top of any
moiiiitiine^nor cm we thinkeof
any other body ieparated from
this earth wliich can bee a more
convenient place for habitation
than thisPLnct^ therefore they
concluded that it ivas there.

It could not bee on the top of
any mountaine.

1. Becaufe wee have exprcfle
Scripture, that the highclt of
them was ovcrfiovv^ed.

2. Becaufe it muil bee of a
greater extenlion, and not fonie
Imall patch of ground^ {\ncQ 'tis
likely all mcafhould havelived
there, if ^irf^w had not fell. But
for afitisfaftionof thefe argu-
ments, together with a farther
difcourfe of Paradiie, I fball re-
fcrre you to thoft who have
written purpofely upon this
lubjca:. Being content for my
owne part to have fpoken fo
muchofit, as may conduce to
Ihew the opinion of others con-
cerning the inhabitants of the

Moone

of a ne-^ World, | 107

Moone^ Idarc notmyfelfeaf-l
tirme any thing of thcfe SeJc-
nitcsj bccaufe i know not any
ground whereon to build any!
probable opinion- But I thinkcj
that future ages will difcover
morc^ and our pollerity^ per
haps 5 may invent fomc meanes
for our better acquaintance with
thefe inhabitants. Tistheme-f
thod of providence not pirfoit-
ly to (hew us all^ but to lead us a
long from the knowledge of one j
thing to another. Twa? a great
while ere the Planers were di- !
ftingui(hcd from the fixr.J Stars, I
and fometiine after tha: ere the \
morning and evening It ine v. x. c
found to bee the farr.e^ and in
greater fpace I doubt not bur this |
alfb^ and farrc greater mylicficsJ
will bee difcovered. In the tirll: I
ages of* the world the Liindcrsj
either thought thcmiclves to be ^
the oncly dwellers upon the;
earth 5 or elft if there were any \
other 5 yet they could not pol^ I
fibly i

:J

ao8

Thedijcopery

fibly conceive how they might
have any commerce with them^
being fevered by the deepeand
broad Sca^ but the after-times
found out the invention of fliips^^
in which notwithiiandingnone
but feme bold daring men durft
venture 5 there being few fo re-
Ibkite as to commie thcmfclves
unto the vafte Ocean 5 and yet
now how eafie a thing is this^
even to a timorous & coivardly
nature?So5perhaps^there may be
fome other meanes invented for
a conveyance to the Moone^and
though it may feeme a terrible
and impolTible thing ever to paffi
through the varte (paces of the
aire^yet no queftion there would
bee fome men who durlt venture
this as well as the other. True
indeed 5 I cannot conceive any
poffiblemeanes for the likedif-
coveryof this coujefturej fince
there c?,n bee no (ailing to the
Moone^ unlefTe that were true
which the Poets doe bu.: feigne^

that

mm

mmmmm^mm i^».<»-

oja mw World,

■lJjilMt.LJ, jjI'tH- ..J,.!,! I ^ I ^

that flie^ made her bed in the
Sea. We have not now any T>ui^
or Olumbuf to undertake this
voyage^pr any^DddslM to invent
a conveyance through the aire.
However ^ I doubt not but that
time who is ftijl tbj father of
WW truths 5 and Jiath reveakd
unto us many things which
Qur Ancefioura were ignorant
of 5 will alfo nianifbft to our
pofterity^ that which wee now
dejirej, but c^nnet knovy. I^^mf
Umf;fs (faith SeK0Ca)^U9 ifla qn^
nunc latent 9 in Inc&m dies txtrahet
& lofigiorU Avi dtUgemia. Ti nie
wi]l come when the indea-
vour5 of afrer-agcs ftiall bring
fijch thing? to light 5 as now lie
hid in ohCcmity. Arts are not
yet come to their Solftice ^ but
thelnduftry of fmuie times af-!
filled with the labours of their
foixfatheri^jmay reach unto that
height which wee could not at-
taine to. Ver^iei fempjtrtftiop^^* ^
pri flpflri no$ tarn <ipdrta mfci^e

107

iJat.Qjttfl.

mtre^"

./"

mmmamium»itt^

^'-

y^i

ntirentm. As wee now won-
der at the Llindnefle ofour
Anceftors 5 who were not a-
bJe to dilcerne ftich things as
fecme plaine and obvious unto
us. So will our poftcrity ad-
mire ovt ignorance in as per-
^icuous matters, Keplar doixhi^
notj but that as foone as the
art of flying is found out^ feme
of rheir Nation will make one
of the firft colonies that /hall
inhabite that other world. But
I leave this and the like con-
jeftures to the fancie of the
reader; Defiring now to finifh
this Difcourfe^ wherein I have
in fome meafiire proved what
at the firft 1 promifedj a world
ua the Moone. However^ I am
not fo rcfohite in this, that I
thinke tis neceflary there nuift
be one, but my opinion is
that 'tis pofiiblc there may be,
^nd tis probable there is ano-
ther habitable world in that
Planet. And this was that I

under-

of a net!? World,

undeitooke to prove. In the pur-
fuit whereof 5 it I have {hewed
much weaknefle or indifcretion ;
I (hall willingly fubmit my felfe
to the reafon and cenfure of the
more judicious.

i09

/ •■

it

The Propofitions

that are proved in

this Difcourfc.

Piopofition I.

That the([raKgentftefth(i s/i.
nktt i$ nojufictem reaf$n tfb)
it fottUt h rtjiBed, iecanfi
6ther cmaint truths have hem
fortnerly tj}ce:iied ridiculotu^tni
grt«t ahfwdftiej entertayncdbj
common conftnt.

By \uy cf Pfcftce.

' t^at MflHrality of worlds deth nH
co'jtradm tny trmeipU ofrea-
fon or faith.

^mmtm

■mwxMn

mm

•^

Prop.

Th4t fhe heavens (ht not conftfi of

, anyfuchfute matter winch can

pivihdge them from the likfi

change and corm^tion^ ai ikef^

inferior bodies are liable unto.

Prop. 4.

T!hat theMoone is afoUd^ compd^
Sled^ o^acoHs body*

Prop. 5»

'that the LMoone hdth not any light
of her $wne.

Prop. 6.

That there U a rvorld in the Moone^
hath btene the direS opinion of
n ^fsncient^mthfome moderne
Jldathirnddctans^ andmajfrO'-
bablj be didnctd^om ibt temnts
of others.

■«—— IT' '»• -

1/

1^.

**.

Prop. 7.

Thstthofe Jpouandbrighitt fMrft
whtehby our fight may be di*
fitngHtjhed in the Moone , dot
fi?ew the difference betwixt the
Sea and Land in that ether
Wifld.

Prop. 8.

That thefpets reprefeni the Sea^and
the brighter parts the Lund.

Prop. 9.

That there are high Menntainet^
de^pe vaSieSy andjfdcieue fUims
in the hdj of the Meone.

Prop.

10.

/ '

TbMt there u mn Atme.ffhdtfa^ or
^n orbe ef gr^jfc vaforous aire^
irtmedtatelj encamp a jfin^the ^5-
^joftbeMoope.

Prop. II.

^— W •

Prop. II.

That Of their world ir onr <J^i§om^
fo of^r world h tbtir Afoouc,

Prop. 12.

That tis probable thtn may he
fiich Meteors belonging to that
vporldm the Moone , as there art
with U4^

Prop, 13.

That tit f rotable there may he ifi'^
habitants in thut other fVorld^
bm of what k^nde :^ejarcis un-^
certaim.

FINIS.

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